lacking majority versus a combination of parties constituting a majority was answered by the former President KR Narayanan in his communique in March 1988 when he invited Atal Behari Vajpayee to form the government.
lacking majority versus a combination of parties constituting a majority was answered by the former President KR Narayanan in his communique in March 1988 when he invited Atal Behari Vajpayee to form the government.
"The President had said when no party or pre-election alliance of parties is in a clear majority, the Head of State has in India or elsewhere, given the first opportunity to the leader of the party or combination of parties that won largest number of seats subject to the Prime Ministers so appointed obtaining majority support on the floor of the house within a stipulated time," Jaitley said.
"This procedure is not, however, all time formula because situations can arise where MPs not belonging to the single largest party or combination can, as a collective entity, out-number the single largest claimant. The President's choice of Prime Minister is pivoted on the would be Prime Minister's claim of commanding majority support," he pointed out.
Citing several precedents which support the Goa Governor's decision, Jaitley noted that BJP won 30 out of 81 seats in Jharkhand in 2005 but the JMM leader Shibu Soren with a support of 17 MLAs of his Party plus others was invited to form the government.
Similarly, Jaitley said, in J&K in 2002, the National Conference won 28 MLAs but the Governor invited the PDP and Congress Combination of 15 + 21 MLAs to form the government.
Also, In 2013 the BJP won 31 seats in Delhi, but the AAP with 28 MLAs with support of Congress was invited to form the Government, he said.
The minister pointed out that there are other precedents on the same lines available in 1952 (Madras), 1967 (Rajasthan) and 1982 (Haryana).
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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