Live | Uttarakhand: Congress wins floor test; Rawat says will meet PM Modi, FM to tell them state needs their support

The Supreme Court on Wednesday formally announced the result of Uttarakhand floor test in favour of Harish Rawat.

"Rawat gets 33 votes out of 61 in the floor test. No irregularities were found in the voting. 9 MLAs could not vote due to their disqualification," an apex court bench said and directed revocation of the President's rule forthwith so that 68-year-old Rawat can assume office as Chief Minister.

At the outset, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi conceded that there is no doubt that Harish Rawat has proved his majority.

"It is clear that respondent number 1 (Harish Rawat) has proved the majority on the floor of the house. I have received instructions from the Centre on the issue. The instructions are that the Centre will revoke the President's rule," the AG told the bench.

Addressing media, Rawat said, "I thank the Supreme Court and High Court for coming as adjudicator and intervening in the whole political situation. I also wish to thank the Government of India and the Attorney General for showing magnanimity and telling Court that they are willing to revoke President's rule."

He further added, "After my cabinet is restored, will meet Sonia ji & Rahul ji to thank them for their unconditional support."

Rawat also said that he will meet PM Modi and FM Arun Jaitley, and will tell them that the state needs their support. "I want to thank & tell my friends in BJP, Let us forget the past experience and begin a new chapter," he added.

Soon after the result was officially announced, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi took to micro-blogging site and said, "They did their worst. We did our best. Democracy won in Uttarakhand!"

Attacking Prime Minister, he added, "Hope Modiji learns his lesson. People of this country and the institutions built by our founding fathers will not tolerate the murder of democracy!"

Hope Modiji learns his lesson-ppl of this country &the institutions built by our founding fathers will not tolerate the murder of democracy!

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) May 11, 2016

Celebrations broke out in Dehradun the moment the news trickled in from the court that Rawat has won the trial of strength in the Assembly yesterday which was carried out on the instructions of the Supreme Court.

The developments have come as a major loss of face for the Modi Government at the Centre which had dismissed the Congress government and imposed President's rule after nine Congress MLAs sided with the BJP on the Appropriation Bill.

(ANI)