Arunachal Governor sacked

New Delhi: Controversial Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, who refused to quit after being nudged by the Centre in the wake of Supreme Court strictures on him over the political crisis in Arunachal Pradesh, was on Monday sacked from the post. Rajkhowa “shall cease to hold the office of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh”, said a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique.
Appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh on May 12 last year, Rajkhowa is the first NDA gubernatorial appointed to be sacked with the government informing that President that it has “lost trust” in him.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had called on the President last week and conveyed to him that Rajkhowa’s continuance in the post has become untenable after the Supreme Court’s observations against him over dismissal of the Congress government in the state.
The Home Minister’s meeting with the President came after Rajkhowa refused to step down despite a nudge by the Centre to put in his papers after the Supreme Court passed serious strictures against him over the dismissal of the Congress government last year. (PTI)