‘Governor's post should be abolished or persons of stature be appointed by consensus’: Congress leader Singhvi
New Indian ExpressAmid growing instances of run-ins between governors and opposition-ruled state governments, senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Monday said the governor's post should either be abolished or a person of stature who is not into petty politics be appointed by consensus. "Either the governor's post be abolished or by consensus, a person of stature who is not into petty politics be appointed," Singhvi asserted. I am taking his name, though he was nominated by our party for the vice president's post, but such people who do not cross the limit and do wrong, or abolish the governor's post," the Congress Working Committee member said. Governance is suffering, actual decisions can't be taken, the governor is acting like another chief executive as a second sword in the same scabbard," the eminent jurist said.
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