Congress today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise for "trampling" democracy in Uttarakhand in the wake of the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court.
"Today was a landmark victory for constitutional democracy by the Supreme Court on Uttarakhand issue. Prime Minister must apologise to the people of Uttarakhand and India. He must vow never to try to topple an elected state government," party's chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said.
Insisting that Congress' stand that floor-test is the only way to test the mandate of the people was vindicated, he told reporters that the Prime Minister must step down from his "pedestal of arrogance and face the truth".
Claiming that the nine rebel MLAs were still debarred, he said the "unprecedented" order of the apex court is a resounding defeat of those who "trampled democracy and held people ransom by misusing money and muscle power".
Asked about CBI summons to former Chief Minister Harish Rawat in the sting operation case, he said to go into the "fake" sting operation would be a "great disservice" to the order of the Supreme Court.
He said summoning Rawat in such a situation would mean that CBI/ED are now being used to carry out BJP's political vendetta.
Surjewala claimed that Congress would prove its "full majority" in Uttarakhand Assembly on May 10 when the Supreme Court has ordered a floor-test in the House.
