Nine new governors & lieutenant-governors appointed Saturday. Notable appointments include CP Radhakrishnan in Maharashtra, Santosh Gangwar in Jharkhand & K Kailashnathan in Puducherry.
In a Constituent Assembly debate, Rohini Kumar Chaudhary argued governor’s powers could tarnish the Constitution ‘just as a piece of cow dung may spoil the whole vessel of milk’.
SC and expert panel have previously held that dominant role cannot be ascribed to governor, who is a ceremonial head and not intended to be a ‘parallel administration’.
Mumbai's Malabar Hill Raj Bhavan was essentially the Buckingham Palace of the East. Running these are like looking after a white elephant: with a budget worth crores.
Congress leaders, including Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, have accused Governor Kalraj Mishra of ‘acting with political motives’. But he’s hardly the first.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
If Her excellency agrees with the legality of a bill, she can assent to the bill, if she doesnt then she can send it back. What constitutional purpose could ever be possibly served by sitting on a bill passed by the people’s assemblies?
If Her excellency agrees with the legality of a bill, she can assent to the bill, if she doesnt then she can send it back. What constitutional purpose could ever be possibly served by sitting on a bill passed by the people’s assemblies?