Tuesday, May 17 2005 20:18 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Patna: Bihar Governor Buta Singh today (May 17, 2005) said that "horse-trading" was on to install a Government in the State, now under President's rule, and asserted nobody would be allowed to "malign" the Constitution.

The Governor's assertion comes amid reports that after rejection of LJP (Lok Janshakti Party) president Ram Vilas Paswan's new initiative to help form a RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal)-led Government, NDA (National Democratic Alliance) leaders have stepped up efforts to install a Ministry headed by JDU (Janata Dal United) leader Nitish Kumar with the help of MLAs of other parties.

"I am getting reliable information from officials and individuals that 'kuch kuch ho raha hai'(something is going on)...I am keeping a close watch over the situation," he told reporters at the State secretariat in Patna. "Laws are there to check horse-trading. I will not allow anybody to break the laws and form a Government by maligning the constitutional norms," he said.

Replying to a question that legislators were pointing fingers at his functioning, the Bihar Governor said, "I am carrying out my duty honestly and do not care what they (the political leaders) say.