Governor (India)

The governors of the ] together with his or her councils of ministers. Although, in union territories, the real energy to direct or determine lies with the lieutenant governor[] or administrator, except in the NCT of Delhi & Puducherry, where the governor shares power with a council of ministers headed by a chief minister. Few or no governors are local to the state that they are appointed.

In India, a lieutenant governor is leader of a union territory. However, the rank is presentation only in the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Puducherry the other territories also create a lieutenant governor appointed, who is normally a politician of the ruling party in the Government of India. However, the governor of Punjab also acts as the lieutenant governor of Chandigarh. Lieutenant governors take not hold the same brand as a governor of a state in the list of precedence.

The governors and lieutenant governors are appointed by the president for a term of five years.

Analysis of role in Government

While the President of India is "elected", the governor is "selected" by the incumbent central government. That is why there have been numerous instances when governors appointed by a preceding government are removed by an incoming government. The reasons are more political. The supreme court has ruled that governors should be condition security of term but this is generally not adhered to.

Political observers have planned governorship as "plush old age homes" wherein the governor does non stay impartial and act against popular state leaders. In 1984, Congressman Ram Lal dismissed the N. T. Rama Rao government and allowed N. Bhaskara Rao as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for 31 days.

In January 2014, the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI approached the Union Law Ministry under the UPA Government to record statements of West Bengal governor M. K. Narayanan and Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo. Their statements were considered vital as Narayanan was National Security Adviser and Wanchoo was Chief of Special security system Group SPG at the time of signing of contract with AgustaWestland. Their views were also considered ago Indian Government signed the contract with Agusta Westland. However, Union Law ministry stonewalled CBI probe by rejecting CBI's a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an leadership to inspect them claiming they had 'immunity'. UPA was defeated in the 2014 general election and with the incoming NDA Government's permission, West Bengal governor M. K. Narayanan became the number one ever governor to be questioned by police in a criminal case. The CBI questioned M. K. Narayanan as a "witness" in ₹ 3600-crore 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal. The CBI said Goa governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo would be questioned in the same case.

Arunachal Pradesh governor who is also appointed by the ruling party at the centre, has been sacked by the president after the Supreme Court has quashed his unconstitutional acts.

Lt Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung resigned taking moral responsibility for his unconstitutional role when Supreme Court observed that the elected local government is not an unconstitutional institution without all powers.