Cong trying to run parallel govt: Modi

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Voters stand in a queue to cast their vote for the West Bengal Assembly byelection from Bhowanipore constituency

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of trying to run a parallel government through the governor’s office, even as the state BJP passed a resolution seeking recall of Governor Kamla Beniwal.
“We have maintained silence since 2009 against the injustice by the governor’s office, in order to maintain its dignity and grace,” Mr Modi said while addressing a rally at Vastral, on the outskirts of the city.
“In 2004, just 24 hours after the UPA government came to power, the Congress had said that Modi should pack up as Centre will invoke President’s Rule here. Since then they are conspiring to remove my government,” Mr Modi alleged.
The Modi government and the governor have been at loggerheads since the latter appointed Justice R.A. Mehta as Lokayukta, bypassing the state government. She has returned as many as five bills in the last three years passed by the state Assembly.
“The Congress has not been able to impress people of Gujarat for the last 20 years and they have remained out of power. So now they are trying to run a parallel government by using the Governor House,” Mr Modi said.
“You (the Congress), for the last three years, have used Raj Bhavan to make a backdoor entry to run a parallel government,” Mr Modi said.
“My elected government is opposing the governor with the aim of upholding the Constitution and procedures,” Mr Modi added.
The state BJP earlier on Sunday issued an open “chargesheet” against Dr Kamla and demanded her recall.
It passed a unanimous resolution and urged the Centre to recall her because she was “holding the highest constitutional post yet she has been acting in a whimsical way which goes against the federal character of the Constitution”.
“Can a state have two governments? What will happen if there are two governments in one state? Where will the people go?” Mr Modi said.
“Congress leaders are making the governor visit districts; meetings with district officers are organised... she gives direct orders to them. This is not in her ambit of powers.
“We tried to reason this thing out with the governor. But the pressure of the Congress party (on her) is very high, and she cannot overcome it,” the chief minister said.
“Same speech, same sentences spoken by a particular leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, were used in the letters of the governor. Raj Bhavan has been taken over by the Congress for the last three years.”