Thank you SC for teaching democracy to PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi on Arunachal verdict

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi took a twitter jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Supreme Court handed his party a legal win by restoring the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.

“Thank you Supreme Court for explaining to the Prime Minister what democracy is," the Congress vice president tweeted after the apex court termed the Congress' dismissal as illegal and unconstitutional.

Thank you Supreme Court for explaining to the Prime Minister what democracy is. #ArunachalPradesh

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) July 13, 2016

Nearly two months after winning Uttarakhand back, the Congress scored another legal victory as the Supreme Court today turned the clock back and restored its government in Arunachal Pradesh, calling the decisions leading to its dismissal "illegal and unconstitutional".

The AICC also used the momentum to demand immediate sacking of the State Governor and apology from Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

"The Supreme Court has struck down the Centre's unconstitutional toppling of the Congress government of Arunachal Prasad. We salute the court order. At the same time, we demand the immediate sacking of the Governor of the State. The Congress also demands apology from Prime Minister Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for their undemocratic and unconstitutional approach", Congress leader Randeep Surjewalla told ET.

As the SC order came close on the heels of a similar restoring of the dismissed Congress government in Uttarakhand, it's double whammy for the Modi government and BJP. Surjewalla said, with today's court order BJP plans to prop up a party coordination committee in North-East to target Opposition ruled state governments has come a cropper.

With Supreme Court restoring the second Congress state government that Modi government had toppled, AICC is planning to rally opposition parties in Parliament against Centre's misuse of Article 356 in opposition-ruled States. Congress calculates, apex court ruling will sap the confidence and energy of Centre and BJP to try and topple more state governments.

Kejriwal also joins

SC judgment yet another tight slap on dictatorial Modi govt. Hope Modi ji wud learn n now stop interfering in democratically elected govts

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 13, 2016