Shivsena mouthpiece mocks Centre for 'Vastraharan' in Uttarakhand

New Delhi: Uttarakhand is known as 'Devbhoomi' and in 'Devbhoomi' the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has suffered a huge setback. The Centre proclaims itself a legal pandit but their law was thrown in the dustbin by the High Court", said Saamna in an editorial on Friday. The Sena mouthpiece warned BJP that if it attempts to impose single-party rule on the country, it would be dangerous and harmful for the Centre. "The Centre cannot impose itself forcefully on non-BJP states, If it tries to do so it will soon suffer consequences. The court's verdict proves that the Government acted out of "political selfishness," Saamna said. Saamna tore into BJP central leadership's claim that the Rawat regime in Uttarakhand was toppled. "Assembly is the place where majority is proved but chief minister Harish Rawat was prevented from doing so. The High Court has rightly squashed President's rule in the state and the Centre went though 'Vastraharan' in Uttarakhand," said Saamna. "The President's image has also been dented," added the Sena mouthpiece. The Narendra Modi government on Thursday suffered a stunning setback with Uttarakhand High Court quashing President's rule in the hill state and directing ousted chief minister Harish Rawat to prove his majority in a floor test on April 29. The high court also upheld the disqualification of nine dissident Congress legislators, saying they have to pay the price for the "constitutional sin" of defection. This will bring down the effective strength of the House to 61 from 70, making Rawat's job easier because he will now need 31 MLAs to prove his majority compared with 36 earlier. The Centre has decided to move the Supreme Court on Friday for a stay. But usually the top court does not interfere with an interim ruling and prefers to wait for the final judgment, which the high court has reserved for later. Moreover, the high court has gone by the parameters laid down in the historic S.R. Bommai judgment of 1994, delivered by a seven-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court.