People's Democracy
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 42
October 16, 2005
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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Vol.
XXIX
No. 42 October 16, 2005 |
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on October 8.
THE
Bihar assembly was dissolved in May 2005 after a period of three months when it
was found that no party or combination of parties were in a position to form a
government. The CPI(M) had called
for early elections to elicit the popular mandate once again to resolve the
deadlock. The Polit Bureau reiterates that this was the only democratic option
available.
The
Supreme Court has passed an interim judgement in which it has held the
proclamation dissolving the Bihar assembly unconstitutional while allowing the
elections to be held as scheduled. The judgement has raised the wider question
of having democratic norms regarding the role of the governor and for the
formation of an elected government and the necessity to modify Article 356 of
the Constitution to check the arbitrariness in the discretionary powers of the
governor.
