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Legality of Yogi Adityanath's Appointment as Chief Minister — Quartz.pdf
Quartz
(2017)
Abstract
Yogi Adityanath, previously Ajay Kumar Bisht, is a rainbow of uneven, often ugly, hues. He is a mathematics diplomate, ordained monk, Hindutva icon, venomous orator, veteran parliamentarian, and criminally accused. On March 19, 2017, he donned a new shade: chief minister of UP.
Adityanath, clearly, is many things. Is he a trespasser, too?
His uncouth anointment provoked a tempest of rebukes. The commentariat in India and beyond savagely flailed the move: assault of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “fringe”; “hubris” of the ruling party; an ode to “Hindu supremacy”; a “defiant assertion” of Hindu nationalism; an “embrace of Hindu extremists”; and much else.
These misgivings overlooked an elemental issue: The legality of the appointment. Currently, a member of parliament, Adityanath became chief minister of a state overnight. No notice, no vote, no mandate.
Is that constitutional?
Keywords
- Yogi Adityanath,
- Chief minister,
- Constitution,
- Article 164,
- Supreme Court of India
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 2, 2017
Citation Information
Shubhankar Dam. "Legality of Yogi Adityanath's Appointment as Chief Minister — Quartz.pdf" Quartz (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shubhankar_dam/57/