The perceived battle over the appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat is as much political as legal
The perceived legal battle over the appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat in which the Supreme court upheld on Wednesday with the appointment of retired justice RA Mehta by Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal despite the Narendra Modi government's plea that Mehta was biased and was appointed by Beniwal in 2011 without its concurrence is as much a political battle between the Modi government and the Congress party as a legal one.
Though it enjoyed power in a coalition government in Orissa for over nine-years along with BJD, the BJP was ready to sit in opposition this time while eyeing the next Assembly elections in 2014.