Governor wants floor test on July 16

Our Correspondent

Itagar, July 14: In obedience of the Supreme Court judgment of July 13, the Governor (Acting) of Aruchal Pradesh Tathagata Roy today in a communiqué informed bam Tuki that he has been reinstated as Chief Minister of the State with effect from yesterday. The Governor also asked Chief Minister Tuki to call the Assembly session immediately and prove his majority in the House by July 16 next. The Governor further desired that in order to ensure peaceful proceedings of the Assembly and otherwise appropriately, it should be videographed throughout and the majority proved by division and not by voice vote, a Raj Bhawan release said. A note to this effect has also been sent to the Assembly secretariat. Roy further emphasised that the conduct of the proceedings, including the videography in the House should strictly follow the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in its order of May 6 last in the matter pertaining to the matter of imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand (SLP C 11567/2016) Union of India Vs Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, the release added.