The Supreme Court (SC) indicted Bihar Governor Buta Singh resigned after taking the traditional Republic Day salute but refused to accept any blame. He said he respected the court but he also accused the court of doing him "great injustice." The SC had indicted Singh on two counts of "subversion of the Constitution." A 3-2 verdict said that he had doctored documents and evidence to lead the Federal Government to believe that there was political impropriety leading to "buying" elected members to support another party. The court said this was a "fanciful assumption" because there was no evidence to support this position. The second count was that Singh did not allow the party with the largest number elected members to form the Government. Although the SC did not say this but the implication is that because Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Party was an important poll bearer of the minority Federal Government, Singh was acting in the interest of his party and not the Constitution. Singh contests both indictments and said the will appeal the judgment. The minority view of SC said that although they found Constitutional impropriety, they did not see willful mal intent. The communists who also support the Federal Government wanted Singh to resign but the opposition National Democratic Alliance wanted both the Singh and Prime Minister to resign.