Prez approves Central rule
Source: The Sangai Express / IANS
New Delhi, January 27 2016:
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday gave his approval to the Cabinet recommendation to impose Central rule in Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said.
"It's done," a Rashtrapati Bhawan official told IANS, when asked if the President had given his nod to Central rule following political turbulence in the Congress-ruled North Eastern State.
The Union Cabinet had on Sunday recommended President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, inviting strong criticism from the Congress and others.
The President, who had been urged by the Congress not to approve Central rule in the State, is said to have discussed the Arunachal situation with Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday.
Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa had on December 9 advanced the date of the convening of the Assembly session.