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Congress blamed for constitutional crisis

I quit to uphold dignity of Parliament: Shekhar
NEW DELHI. Mar 8 : Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar said yesterday his government resigned to protect the dignity of the country's President and Parliament, reports Reuter.
In a nationally televised broadcast Shekhar, whose government lasted barely four months, accused former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress Party of behaving Irresponsibly and plunging the country into a constitutional crisis.
Shekhar depended on Congress support for his majority in Parliament, but Congress staged a walk out from the Lower House on Tuesday after accusing the government of posting two poncemen at Gandhi's house to keep a watch on him.
Shekhar, a firebrand socialist. said In his broadcast the Congress boycott meant he could not get a majority to pass a vote of thanks on the President's address to Parliament.
The President is the custodian of the Constitution. It Is obligatory on the part of the government to see/ he said A situation was created where I could not pass it.
AFP adds : Caretaker Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar said yesterday his Tledgehng Janata Dal-sociallst party would contest more than 500 parliamentary seats in the next general election.
"Co to the people as a midterm poll ts around the comer/ Mr. Shekhar said In a party parliamentary meeting, but did not disclose whether hts party would seek alliances with others when elections are announced.
Their Is no such discussion right now. Wc will go ahead with our plan right now." party Secretary Harmohan Dhawan quoted the Premier as saying in the meeting held a day after Mr. Shekhar resigned. I Ie was quoted as saying the Party would contest 500 of ariiament's 545 seats when ever elections arc announced by President Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Mr. Shekhar. 63. flayed hts embittered ally. former Premier Rajiv Gandhi's Congress (I) Party, for tts vir tual withdrawal of support tn Parliament Tuesday which prompted him to quit and recommend fresh polls.
The veteran politician said he had "never Imagined" the Congress (!) would make an issue out of alleged surveillance by policemen at Mr. Ghandhi's home and added he was sur firised the party abstained com Parliament.
Congress (1) MPs boycotted Parliament over the snooping row. stranding Mr. Shekhar's 1 170-day government without the numbers required for legislative control and forcing his resignation. Mr Shekhar denied responsibility for ordering the surveillance, but the Congress (1) insisted it was done with his knowledge.
President Venkataraman 1s scheduled to announce cither elections to Parliament or Invite the Congress (I), the single largest bloc in the legisla ture. to form a government to end the political impasse
BSS says : Former Prime Minister Rajtv Gandhi and Parliament Speaker Rabi Ray met President Ramaswamy Venkataraman Thursday as India watted for a presidential verdict to end the "Uncertainty triggered by the' Premier’s sudden resignation.
The Parliament adjourned without transacting scheduled business In the face of the po litical crisis unleashed by Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar's surprise resignation Wednesday