In Haryana, BJP's ex-ally Dushyant Chautala calls for floor test, Congress seeks time with governor

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Gurugram: The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) has written to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya urging the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government be asked to prove its majority through a floor test in the state assembly...

In a letter to the Governor Wednesday, JJP vice-president Dushyant Chautala highlighted that with the resignation of two MLAs from the House and withdrawal of support by three Independent MLAs, the Saini government has lost a simple majority in the House...

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Singh Chautala also wrote to the GovernorThursday requesting him to ask the government to prove its majority...

The Nayab Singh Saini government earlier enjoyed the support of 41 BJP MLAs, six out of seven Independents and the lone MLA of the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) Gopal Kanda...

Highlighting Article 174 of the Constitution which provides the Governor the power to summon, prorogue and dissolve the state assembly, Dushyant said that in the SR Bommai Vs Union of India 1994 case, the Supreme Court has emphasised that the Governor has a Constitutional obligation to act judiciously and impartially in such matters and can call for the floor test to determine the majority of the government in the House...

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