“Did MLAs from BJP and Congress rebel faction in Arunachal Pradesh meet in a ‘dance bar’ to remove Nabam Tuki as Chief Minister?”, Janata Dal (United) MP KC Tyagi asked.
He also attacked Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, saying that never before has a Governor done what is happening in Arunachal Pradesh. The Governor had advanced the winter session of the assembly by a month without any recommendation of the state government.
Tyagi posed the question in Rajya Sabha when the Congress insisted on adjournment of business under Rule 267, and take up discussion on the crisis in the north-eastern state during the pre-noon session.
“Dance bar was the venue of meeting of MLAs yesterday. How can you hold meeting in a restaurant?”, he asked. Opposition BJP and rebel Congress MLAs had got together in a hotel in Itanagar on Thursday to “vote out” the Nabam Tuki-led Congress government, and to elect rebel Congress MLA Kalikho Pul as the new Chief Minister.
The dramatic development came a day after they “impeached” Speaker Nabam Rebia in a makeshift “Assembly” premises in a community hall. Eleven BJP MLAs and two Independent MLAs joined hands with twenty Congress rebels in a House which has a total strength of 60.
They met in a hotel as the Assembly premises has been sealed since Wednesday.
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