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"Delhi's lieutenant governor should have taken decision on government formation at the earliest and should not have taken five months time," the Supreme Court said.
"In a democracy, President's Rule can't go on forever. Have given enough time, nothing has happened. People of Delhi have the right to a government," the Supreme Court said.
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"We gave you enough time but nothing happened and you always make one statement or other on the day of hearing," the Supreme Court said.
"Suppose lieutenant governor is going to invite the largest party (BJP). Are they in a position to form the government?" the apex court enquired, apparently making a reference to the number of legislators the BJP has in the Delhi assembly.
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The court said that "our understanding was to give time to the lieutenant governor to decide. If you had told us that we cannot take decision, we may have heard the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) petition and decided the matter either way".
"With greatest respect at our command we feel the government should have taken the decision earlier. All of us know that the matter is pending before the court and time has been given to decide."
Having said this, the court started hearing on AAP petition seeking the dissolution of the state assembly.
LG gets President's nod to invite BJP
President Pranab Mukherjee is learnt to have given a nod to Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung to explore the possibility of government formation by inviting BJP which finished as the single largest party, a development which will give the party headroom to continue with its efforts to muster a majority.
Sources in the government said the Centre will inform the Supreme Court of President's view on government formation on Tuesday when during the hearing on AAP's petition seeking the dissolution of Delhi assembly.
Although the President is supposed to reflect the Centre's stand, his approval of Jung's proposal to invite the single largest party reinforces the argument of BJP leadership that political process should be allowed to play out fully before taking a call on terminating the existence of the hung Delhi House.
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