Amid the high-voltage jockeying for power between the BJP and the Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka, regional leaders in the country weighed-in on the cliffhanger in Karnataka over government formation.
BS Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the state’s new chief minister on Thursday, 17 May, hours after the Supreme Court, in a rare midnight hearing, refused to stay the ceremony.
A bench of Justices AK Sikri, SA Bobde and Ashok Bhushan was specially convened at "odd hours" to hear the petition filed by the Congress-JD(S) combine to challenge Governor Vajubhai Vala's decision to invite the BJP to form the government in the state despite failing to cross the halfway mark.
Conspiracy Against Ambedkar’s Constitution: BSP Chief Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati accused the BJP of conspiring to destroy the Indian Constitution drafted by Baba Saheb Ambedkar.
It is a conspiracy to destroy the constitution made by Baba Saheb Ambedkar, since they (BJP) came to power they have been misusing government machinery, thereby attacking democracy.BSP Chief Mayawati told ANI
Democracy Manipulated, Mutilated and Massacred: Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Amrinder Singh has said that the situation in Karnataka is “not a good sign for the future of India.”
BJP to Karnataka is LG to Delhi: AAP
The Aam Aadmi party took to Twitter to say that the Governor of Karantaka was “playing with Constitutional values,” much like what Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal is doing in Delhi.
Democracy vs Demoncracy: Tejashwi Yadav
Earlier in the day, RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav tweeted that the battle in Karmataka is “democracy vs demoncracy”.
PM Modi Misusing Governor’s Office: MK Stalin
DMK Working President MK Stalin said that constitutional institutions and principles are under threat. He added that the governor's decision to invite the BJP to form the government is "arbitrary" and "unconstitutional,” and that it will only encourage horse trading and “destroy our democratic foundations.”
He later told ANI that PM Modi misused the governor’s office in Tamil Nadu and has done the same in Karnataka, and that it is against democracy and rule of law.
All of us saw how PM Modi misused the office of governor in Tamil Nadu. The same has been done in Karnataka. This is totally against democracy and rule of law. We condemn it.DMK President MK Stalin to ANI
No Democracy Left to Destroy: Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut
Speaking to ANI, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that even the Karnataka governor “should have called those who had the maximum numbers”.
When this happens people say, loktantra ki hatya ho gayi, lekin jab desh mein loktantra bacha hi nahi hai toh hatya kiski hogi (People say democracy has been murdered, but there is no democracy left to kill).Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena leader
BJP is the Choice of Karnataka: Vasundhara Raje
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje took to twitter to defend her party, saying the BJP is the choice of Karnataka. She congratulated new CM BS Yeddyurappa and the people of Karnataka.
Dhan-Shakti Over Jan-Shakti: Shatrughan Sinha
Senior BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, who has been critical of the Narendra Modi government and his party, expressed his disappointment over the issue, calling it “politics of jugaad” and blaming the party of arm twisting. He further added that there is a saying, “You can’t fool all the people all the time to win”.
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