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Rabri orders as caretaker CM put on hold

Patna, March 11
With Bihar coming under President's Rule, all orders passed by Rabri Devi as caretaker Chief Minister between February 28 and March 7 have been put on hold and would be executed only after a review, official sources said today.

A notification issued by the Cabinet coordination committee said all orders passed by the caretaker Chief Minister and her Cabinet colleagues during that period should be put on hold and would be executed only after a thorough review.

The advisors to Governor Buta Singh, who are yet to be appointed, would go through these orders and only after getting clearance, notifications regarding their execution would be issued, the sources said.

Adding further they said ,"This has been the normal practice." After failing to muster a majority in the Assembly polls, Ms Rabri Devi had tendered her resignation on February 28 to the Governor, who had asked her to continue as a caretaker Chief Minister till an alternative arrangement was made.

With no party or coalition coming even close to forming a government, the Governor had recommended imposition of President's rule which came into force on March 7. — PTI