The UPA has done in Nagaland what it did to a BJP Govt in Goa in Feb 2005; a vote of confidence not going its way, proceed to dismiss the government.
No doubt the vote of confidence in Goa in Feb 2005 or in Nagaland on Dec 13, 2007 was not without contention.
But the law on this situation is settled by the Meghalaya scenario in Bommai’s case. And it goes without saying that the law must be certain and uniform in such cases. The Court had held in such a case that if the Governor for any reason doubts the manner of conduct of the floor test, he ought to re-order the same rather than count numbers at the Raj Bhavan and thus take a decision himself .
In August 2007, a Congress Govt in Goa saved itself through one of the most innovative use of the Speaker’s chair in India’s constitutional history; suspension of legislators for changing coalitions and not parties. If this vote of confidence was considered the final word, why not those in Goa in 2005 and Nagaland last month ?
The Bhuta Singh fiasco in Bihar too has not made any difference to the Congress’ constitutional think tank.
Shameless is the word !
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