Congress demands dismissal of Governor Hyderabad, July 4 (INN): Congress senior leader and former minister Marri Shasidhar Reddy on Saturday demanded the dismissal of Governor ESL Narasimhan.
Speaking to media persons here at Gandhi Bhavan here, Sashidhar Reddy alleged that Narasimhan should be relieved of his responsibilities as Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as he has faltered and blatantly failed to discharge his duties. Stating that he has written a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the issue, Shashidhar Reddy said that Talasani Srinivas Yadav was elected as an MLA from Sanathangar on the TDP ticket. "The Governor administered the oath of office to him as a minister in the government run by the TRS party, which is not the police party through which he got elected as a legislator. He has thus become a party to the attempt of the TRS Government's unethical and unprincipled defections," he said.
"The Governor deliberately chose to ignore Paragraph 2 (1)(a) of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and the ratio laid down by the Constitutional Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, in the Rajender Singh Rana Vs Swami Prasad Maurya case delivered on 14-2-2003 (AIR 2007 Supreme Court 1305), which is very clear with regard to the continuance of a person beyond six months as a Minister is unconstitutional. The Governor, as the custodian of the Constitution, has violated not only the Constitutional provisions but also the Judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, which is unpardonable," he said.
News Posted: 4 July, 2015
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