With the Supreme Court ordering restoration of his government in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress leader Nabam Tuki on Wednesday termed the verdict as “historic” and said it has protected democracy.
“The Supreme Court verdict today is historic. It paves way to protect healthy democracy in the country,” Mr. Tuki, who was the Chief Minister of Arunachal before his government was brought down, said.
He said the Constitution of the country and democracy have been protected.
“BJP leaders tried to remove elected governments in States illegally...the apex court verdict has restored justice,” Mr. Tuki said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered restoration of the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh by quashing the Governor’s decision to advance the Legislative Assembly session by a month in December last as “unconstitutional”.
Asked about his future course of action, Mr. Tuki said he would consult party legislators and the decision would be taken as per the court order and party ideology.
Later in a post on Twitter, Mr. Tuki said, “Finally we have got justice from SC. Court has today saved this country and its Constitution.”
This is a win for democracy. They brought down a democratically elected government. The law has protected us and the country. >#Arunachal
— Nabam Tuki (@NabamtukiCM) >July 13, 2016
Meanwhile, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi thanked the Supreme Court for “explaining to the Prime Minister what democracy is”.
Mr. Gandhi issued the statement after the apex court restored the ousted Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.
Thank you Supreme Court for explaining to the Prime Minister what democracy is. >#ArunachalPradesh
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) >July 13, 2016
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who argued for Congress leaders from Arunachal Pradesh in the Supreme Court, termed the verdict as historic and said only the judiciary can protect the value of the Constitution.
“Only the judiciary can protect the value of our Constitution and I salute the judiciary for the verdict. This really is historical,” he told PTI after the judgment.
His colleague and newly elected Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha, also a senior advocate who appeared in the matter for Congress leaders, said democracy and rule of law have been restored by the verdict.
“This is an extraordinary verdict. The verdict is really historic as faith in democracy and rule of law have been restored,” Mr, Tankha said.
