Cong demands dissolution of K'taka assembly
New
Delhi,
Nov
22:
The
Congress
today
made
it
clear
that
it
would
not
be
part
of
any
attempt
to
form
another
government
in
Karnataka,
and
said
it
strongly
favoured
the
dissolution
of
the
state
assembly
to
pave
the
way
for
elections.
AICC spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi told mediapersons that the party would not hobnob with the JD(S) or its splinter groups to explore the possibility of forming a new government.
''Imposition of the President's rule and dissolution of the state assembly was the need of the hour,'' he said.
Dr Singhvi said the consistent stand of the party had been that the state should be brought under President's rule and elections should be held to seek fresh mandate from the people.
He said the government had already imposed President's rule in Karnataka.
Since the Congress was not willing to make any attempt to form a government, the state assembly is expected to be dissolved after taking the approval of Parliament as it was now in session in fulfilment of the spirit of the Supreme Court judgement in the S R Bommai case, he added.
UNI