CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on April 8.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) welcomes the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court setting aside the Tamilnadu Governor’s decision to withhold assent to the bills passed by the Tamilnadu legislative assembly.  The Court declared that the ten legislations withheld by the Governor will now become laws. 

The Supreme Court had termed the Governor’s actions as ‘illegal and arbitrary’. The Court set a timeline for the Governor to act, once the bills are cleared by the Assembly. This is a historic judgement as it came down against the actions of many Governors of opposition-ruled states, who are acting in violation of the federal principles enshrined in the Constitution.

The verdict will now set a precedent for all the states, including Kerala, where Governors had withheld assent to legislations passed by the state assemblies. 

The CPI(M) welcomes the judgement that helps in strengthening the federal principles enshrined in our Constitution. The Supreme Court judgement will strengthen the struggle against authoritarianism and for the protection of the rights of state governments.