Supreme Court verdict on Uttarakhand 'big setback' to BJP: CPI(M)

NEW DELHI: CPI(M) today hailed Supreme Court's verdict on the floor test held in Uttarakhand assembly and termed the directive as a "big setback" to BJP's "anti-constitutional" conspiracy of trying to topple the duly elected government in the state.

"This is a big setback to the anti-constitutional conspiracy hatched by the BJP of trying to topple the government in the state and impose its rule there.

"The BJP should learn that its resort to such methods at subterfuge to remove democratically elected state governments headed by opposition parties will not succeed," the party said in a statement.

The apex court approved the floor test held in the state assembly yesterday, paving way for Congress leader Harish Rawat to return as Chief Minister.

The developments have come as a major loss of face for Narendra Modi government which had dismissed the Rawat dispensation and imposed Central rule after nine Congress MLAs sided with BJP on Appropriation Bill.