The final moment of rupture in the BKD-Congress (R) alliance came when several BKD members voted against the elimination of privy purses on September 5 in the Rajya Sabha, leading to the initial failure of the policy. This was bandied in the media as an exhibit of the party’s elitist skew. To Singh, this a convenient fig-leaf when the Congress (R) had already decided to topple the government. When support was withdrawn and the Congress (R) cabinet members refused to resign, the governor in an unusual move asked Charan Singh to tender his immediate resignation. C.B. Gupta claimed that this move was unconstitutional and it was clear that the Prime Minister was using the Governor like a marionette without respect for established legislative practices. Although the matter of the chief minister enjoying a majority should’ve been decided on the floor of the UP assembly — especially when the chief minister had been pledged support from other parties — this right was taken away from the people’s representatives and placed solely in the hands of the governor. It must be noted that C.B. Gupta had been given six months to prove his majority previously by the same governor. President’s rule, despite beseeching from multiple legal experts, was imposed on October 1 from Kiev in a hurry. We reproduce here a letter Charan Singh wrote to the President requesting him to delay the proclamation of President’s rule until he returns to India as the BKD still enjoyed majority in the House.