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Move will help Centre gain two more months before approaching Parliament for the mandatory ratification of president's rule in Andhra Pradesh
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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday gave his approval for dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh assembly and a fresh proclamation for central rule in the state.
President’s rule was imposed in Andhra Pradesh on 1 March after N. Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned as chief minister following parliament’s nod for bifurcation of the state to create separate Telangana.
The president’s nod came after the Union Cabinet had on Friday recommended dissolution of the state assembly and proclamation of the president’s rule there beyond 30 April, circumventing the need for convening a special session of Parliament to ratify the proclamation, official sources said.
Centre’s decision came following a report of Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan who apprised the Centre of the prevailing situation in the state.
The move will help Centre gain two more months before approaching Parliament for the mandatory ratification of president’s rule in Andhra Pradesh. Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh are being held along with the Lok Sabha polls.
Officials sources said since three more phases of polling in the nine-phased Lok Sabha elections are yet to be completed, it is difficult to convene a Parliament session just for the ratification of the President’s Rule.
Most of the MPs are busy in electioneering.
Any proclamation under Article 356 imposing central rule needs to be ratified by parliament within two months. Sources pointed to a provision in the Constitution which says “any such proclamation may be revoked or varied by a subsequent proclamation".
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