Article 356 = {The President, Governors, Ruling Parties}
Indian Polity has gone through different remarkable phases post-independence. Tryst with Destiny led to different (and unimaginable!) future than what was envisaged by our forefathers, those who drafted the Constitution, at least when it comes to (mis)use of Article 356 . While answering to criticism of “State Emergency” provision, Dr. B R Ambedkar replied, ‘This provision under Article 356 is supposed to be a dead letter . And the president of the time shall take moral responsibility before invoking this provision.’ With only one exception of using Article 356 on Kerala (to dismiss the democratically elected Communist state government in 1959), the provision was literally dead till for the first decade and a half. 1967 was a watershed year for Indian Polity when nine state assemblies were occupied by non-Congress parties. And there was a shift in Centre-State relations. So far smooth relation due to Single Party dominance ...