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may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus
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The Das Commission, constituted in 1963, submitted its report in June 1964. The Commission examined thirty-one charges of corruption against Kairon. The Commission found Kairon guilty on eight counts and held that Kairon had abused his influence and position for his own benefit in some cases. He had
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appeared in the Punjab legislature on behalf of Congress, also arguing in favor of it. Of the memoranda submitted to the committee, nearly 2,200 supported the Punjabi Suba and 903 opposing. Hukam Singh was thus able to secure string support from the assembled committee for its creation. In reaction
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In the meantime, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Kairon's mentor had expired on 27 May 1964. In the changed circumstances, Kairon had no other option but to resign and on 14 June 1964 he resigned from the Chief Ministership. Even after seven days no alternate leader was elected as Chief Minister thus,
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also abused power through his colleagues and subordinates to help his sons and relatives to acquire and dispose of properties or business in violation of law rules of established procedures. Incidentally, the memorialists were assisted by
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against the Government. Leave for the same was granted on 9 September 1963. 26 members participated in the debate. On 19 September, shortly before the Chief Minister rose to take part in debate, opposition benches walked out in protest.
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chief minister. Thus Congress was in search of a non controversial person, a Sikh, who may be Secular in views and acceptable to both the Hindus and Sikhs. Thr Congress also wanted that the Chief Minister should be acceptable to
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The Parliamentary Committee's report was handed in on 15 March 1966; the Congress Working Committee had already adopted a motion on the 6th recommending the government to carve out a Punjabi-speaking state out of the erstwhile
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had broken away from the Party and formed their own party named 'Prajatantra Party'. These dissidents engaged themselves in the ouster of Kairon. Three charge-sheets were presented during the year 1963. In 1963,
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President's rule was revoked on 1 November 1966 after the Reorganisation of Punjab. The sitting strength of the Assembly decreased to less than 100 after 54 Legislators became the member of newly created
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to the committee's recommendation to the central government of a state with Punjabi as its official language on 9 March 1966, there were strikes, arson and murder, including 3 Congressmen burnt alive in
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On 13 March 1964, shortly after question hour, the Speaker announced that he received numbers of no-confidence motions against the Kairon Government, by Comrade Ram Chandra (Prajatantra Party),
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from the various parties and individuals was set from October to 5 November 1965. Preliminary discussions were held from 26 November to 25 December 1965. On 10 January 1966, the
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lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.
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state. The report was made public on 18 March, and the demand was conceded on 23 April, with a commission appointed on 17 April to demarcate the new states of Punjab and
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The given members of parties were at the time of the formation of the Government. The numbers changed later on due to defections, resignations, mergers or splits
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The Congress being a divided house, their differences came again to surface at the end of 1963, when 18 Congress legislators under the leadership of
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and executive member Rawel Singh met the committee and presented the case for a Punjabi-speaking state. On the 27th, Giani Kartar Singh and
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For Ram Kishan, the way was not smooth. Kishan's cabinet in itself was faction ridden. There were three factions i.e. Ram Kishan,
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in its judgment made some adverse comments on the conduct of the Chief Minister of Punjab; due to this, the Leader of Opposition
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The Sikhs as a "Minority" in a Sikh Majority State in India, by Paul Wallace, Asian Survey, 1986 University of California Press
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In Punjab, Congress was in majority and with the reorganisation of Punjab it was obvious that a shift had made in Punjab from
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became the official opposition, holding 16 seats. From 5 July 1966 to 1 November 1966, Assembly was under suspension.
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was passed on 18 September in the Lok Sabha, and on 1 November 1966, a Punjabi-speaking state became a reality.
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was elected Legislative Party leader due to his clean image and he took the oath of the office on 6 July 1964.
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put the motion to a vote, the opposition benches were empty, and the motion was thus negatived by voice vote.
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Religion and Nationalism in India: The Case of the Punjab (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)
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Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures by G. C. Malhotra. P. 732-733.
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Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures by G. C. Malhotra. P. 731-732.
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put the motion to a vote in the House. The motion negatived by 41 votes in favour and 89 votes against.
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Partap Singh Kairon was returned by the majority of 34 votes from the Sarhali Constituency (now called
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After 16 days of Kairon's resignation, a consensus was made between Congress legislators and
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emerged as the largest party with 90 seats in the 154-seat legislature in the election. The
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To initiate and finish the smooth reorganisation of Punjab on the basis of
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When, on the same day, the speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
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1965-66 was proved the last phase of the Punjabi Suba Agitation by
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The Sikhs of the Punjab (The New Cambridge History of India II.3)
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Statistical Report of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1964
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In a case, Partap Singh Kairon vs. State of Punjab, the
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21 members participated in the debate. Then Speaker
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Index

Unicameral
Second Punjab Legislative Assembly
Fourth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Speaker
Prabodh Chandra
Harbans Lal Gupta
Deputy Speaker
Shanno Devi
Chief Minister
Partap Singh Kairon
Gopi Chand Bhargava
Ram Kishan
Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Leader of the Opposition
Gurnam Singh
Government
INC
SAD
CPI
BJS
SPI
SP
Ind
Voting system
first-past-the-post
1962
1967
Vidhan Sabha
Legislative Assembly
Indian National Congress

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