QOTD: Sonia miscalculated UP?

DIAL 356 FOR EMERGENCY: Experts debate if it's politically prudent to have Prez rule in UP.

        

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With the Election Commission announcing the poll dates for Uttar Pradesh, the battle for the state seems to have just begun. The Congress has also not given up the idea of imposing President's rule in Uttar Pradesh with Governor T V Rajeshwar sending a fresh report to the Centre saying the time is apt for imposing Article 356.

In a three-page letter, the Governor has expressed fears of horse trading during Mulayam Singh Yadav government’s floor test, on February 26, to prove his majority. Congress sources also indicate that the question of President's rule will be re-looked on that day.

This is the fifth report sent by the Governor on the issue and this leads to the question that was asked on CNN-IBN’s Face the Nation: Did Sonia Gandhi get it wrong in Uttar Pradesh?

On the panel of experts were Rajya Sabha MP and General Secretary of Samajwadi Party Shahid Siddiqui, Senior CPM leader Nilotpal Basu and Rajya Sabha MP and Congress Spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

Refuting the allegation, Singhvi said, “President’s rule is a Constitutional power entrusted with the President of India. A poll schedule is a statutory power entrusted in part to the Election Commission under an act of Parliament and not the Constitution. So, the two are totally different. In terms of legality, President’s rule can be imposed before, during or after the announcement of poll schedule.”