Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today defended the Centre's decision to impose President's rule in Uttarakhand that was set aside by the Uttarakhand High Court, saying the crisis had erupted in the hill state due to "division" in Congress party.
"There is no set back for the Central government. Everything had happened due to the division in the Congress party," he told PTI here.
Rijiju, Minister of State for Home, said the Congress party should apologise to the country as the current political turmoil had erupted in Uttarakhand due to the rebellion by nine Congress MLAs.
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Delivering a major blow to the Modi government, the Uttarakhand High Court today quashed the proclamation of President's rule in the state and revived the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat, who has been asked to prove his majority in the Assembly on April 29.
Coming down heavily on the Centre for the March 27 proclamation under Art 356, a division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice K M Joseph said the imposition of President's rule was contrary to the law laid down by the Supreme Court.
