He did take the salute. He did not get the boot. He resigned. But only because of his 'sheer respect' for SC. And he did insist 'the SC has erred'.
'It may not be possible to contain the situation without giving the people another opportunity to give their mandate through a fresh poll,' wrote the Bihar Governor to the President on April 27.
'...that the Assembly presently kept in suspended animation is dissolved, so that the people/electorate can be provided with one more opportunity...' Bihar Governor's letter of May 21 that the government used to dissolve the assembly
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