Bid to impose President's rule on Arunachal "attack" on Constitution: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi today said the move to impose President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh is a "blatant" bid to topple a duly-elected government and Congress will fight the "attack" on the Constiution.

"Imposing President's rule in Arunachal is a blatant bid to topple a duly-elected Govt."

"Modiji, you talk about federalism but murder democracy. You talk about cooperation but use every means to coerce"

"The Congress Party will fight this attack on our constitution, on our democracy, on the people's mandate", he said in a series of tweets.

The Congress Vice President's remarks came close on the heels of the party, angry over the move approached President Pranab Mukherjee, the Supreme Court and sought to rally round non-BJP Chief Ministers, declaring an "all-out war" against the "trampling" of the Constitution by Modi government.