Nayab Saini govt. in ‘minority’, Congress tells Haryana Governor; seeks dissolution of House

Haryana Congress delegation meets Governor, demands dissolution of Assembly and fresh polls due to government being in "minority".

A delegation of the Haryana Congress met Governor Bandaru Dattatreya here on Thursday, claiming the Nayab Singh Saini government is in “minority”. It demanded dissolution of the Assembly and holding of fresh polls.

A party delegation, headed by Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, met the Governor at the Raj Bhavan here in the evening and submitted a memorandum to him.

Later interacting with reporters, Mr. Hooda said, “The government does not have the moral right to stay in power... We have demanded that the House be dissolved and fresh elections be held.”

In the memorandum to Mr. Dattatreya, the Congress said the present government lacks a majority in the House “unless it indulges in horse-trading or use of unconstitutional means”.

“To stop horse-trading, which will bring a bad name to the State, the Assembly should be dissolved. This is what we have urged (the Governor),” Mr. Hooda said.

He said in the 90-member Assembly, which currently has an effective strength of 87, BJP has 41 MLAs and the support of the lone legislator of the Haryana Lokhit Party and Independent member Nayan Pal Rawat.

“This makes it clear that the present government is in minority. According to the Constitution and democratic norms, the BJP has no right to continue in the government,” the memorandum said.