Arunachal Pradesh verdict: Here's how the national leaders reacted to the SC ruling

In a huge setback to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning restored the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh and ruled against the Governor’s decision. Here’s what the top leaders of the country have to say on the judgement. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it was a slap on the Modi govt.

Rahul Gandhi too sent out a tweet in response to the judgement, applauding the Supreme Court for teaching PM Modi what democracy is.

Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki called the prime minster a dictator in his tweet.

Sitaram Yechury, the CPM leader, tweeted saying that the Arunachal verdict was a ‘huge indictment of the centre.’

Harish Rawat, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand too expressed his gratitude to the Supreme Court for restoring people’s faith in democracy.

RPN Singh, Congress spokesperson tweeted about SC’s decision to ‘uphold demmocracy’.

Sanjay Jha, national spokesperson of the Congress, called SC’s ruling ’triumph of democracy’ and said the verdict exposed BJP’s ‘diabolical deadly games’ .

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said that the verdict is a message for all those who are trying to topple Congress ruled states.