The central government has informed the Supreme Court that the Harish Rawat – led Congress government has legislative majority in Uttarakhand and President’s Rule will be revoked from the hill state soon. The Congress’s Rawat got the support of 33 of the 61 MLAs who voted.

The floor test, also called a trust vote, was held to ascertain whether the ousted chief minister still enjoys a majority in the House. The Centre imposed President’s Rule in Uttarakhand on March 27 saying Rawat lost his majority when nine Congress legislators rebelled.

The BJP had already suffered a setback when the Supreme Court maintained that nine rebel Congress MLAs who were disqualified will remain so and won’t be allowed to vote in the floor test. If allowed to vote, these MLAs might have voted against Rawat. Congress President Sonia Gandhi hailed the floor test as a “victory for democracy”.

Uttarakhand plunged into a political crisis when nine Congress legislators, including former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, went against their own government in a debate on an Appropriation Bill on March 18 during the Budget Session of the Assembly. The Centre then imposed President’s Rule in Uttarakhand on March 27, saying Rawat lost his majority when the nine Congress legislators rebelled. The Congress alleged that the Modi government acted illegally in getting rid of Rawat.