UP Governor for President's rule

New Delhi: There seems to be no end to the political crisis in Uttar Pradesh.

Sections of the Congress are believed to be still pushing for President's rule in the state, this despite election dates having been announced on Wednesday.

CNN-IBN has learnt that UP Governor T V Rajeshwar has sent another report to the Centre on Thursday in which he has reiterated his request of dismissing the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in the state.

The report talks about the deteriorating law and order situation in the state and the fear of horse trading on February 26 - the day Mulayam has called for a test of strength on the floor of the House.

The Governor had written to the Centre last week saying that the Mulayam Singh government has lost the moral right to stay in power.

He asked the Centre to impose Article 356 or President's rule in the state.

The problem started when 13 BSP MLAs - who had defected over to Mulayam's Samajwadi Party - were disqualified by the Supreme Court. Mulayam then had to prove his government’s majority in a confidence motion in the UP Assembly on January 25.

In a state that has seen multiple defections over the past 10-15 years, Mulayam has played rather safe and the SC judgement may not have any impact on the stability of his government.

In fact, in the January 25 floor test, Mulayam had mustered the support of 223 MLAs in the 402-member Assembly. This means, that even with the disqualifications, his government stands strong.

The House will meet again on February 26 for another confidence vote.

The report says the incumbent government has lost the moral and legal right to continue in office in light of these developments. The report also says that political parties across the state have submitted a memorandum expressing their disillusionment with Mulayam Singh Yadav.

The judgement said: "Whenever a doubt arises whether the Council of Ministers has lost the confidence of the House, the only way of testing it is on the floor of the House. The sole exception to this will be a situation of all-pervasive violence where the Governor comes to the conclusion and records the same in his report that for the reasons mentioned by him, a free vote is not possible."

The Bommai judgement sanctioned dismissal of a state government only under the most extreme circumstances.