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importance of article 356​

Answer 1

Ans: Article 356 means imposition of President's Rules when the government or governing machinery of a particular states fails to maintain law and order .In practice president's rule has been imposed under different circumstances such as these:

State Legislature is unable to elect a leader as Chief Minister

Breakdown of a coalition

Loss of majority in the assembly

Elections postponed for unavoidable reasons

Recent Examples of 2016

Uttarakhand- Collapse of CM Harish Rawat 's ministry following a split in the state unit of Congress party led to the imposition of President's Rule .

Arunachal Pradesh- 21 Congress MLAs joined hands with 11 of the BJP and two Independents, making the current government a minority government.

Jammu and Kashmir - Death of Chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

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Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, if a state government can't work as indicated by protected arrangements and orders under President's rules then the focal government can take coordinate control to the state govt.

The Governor of state issues the declaration, in the wake of acquiring the assent from the president of India.

Article 355 of the Constitution, one of the three important emergency provisions — and a less drastic one — has never been used by any Central Government so far. It enjoins on “the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbances and to ensure that the Government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution”.

Answer 2

article 356 makes the president to dismiss the government if the president doesn't satisfy with the government or if there is no majority for the government and it quits,and if no party forms the government the president can rule that state in the form of governors.