Congress moves High Court against expanded size of Chhattisgarh Cabinet, calls it unconstitutional

The Congress party in Chhattisgarh has approached the Chhattisgarh High Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the size of the State’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Cabinet following its expansion last month.

As per the civil writ petition filed on behalf of the party, the induction of three Ministers following the expansion on August 20 takes the size of the Cabinet to 14 in the 90-member Assembly, which breaches the Constitutional limit of 15%. The petition also seeks the removal of one Minister.