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Why no retired officer was appointed Guv this time?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The President appoints governors in 12 states and lieutenant governors in one Union Territory on the recommendation of the Central government. The special thing about the appointments this time was that no retired officer got a chance in this. Leaving aside the transfers of governors, six new faces were sent to the Raj Bhavans and all are connected to politics. Even before this, the Deputy Governor was appointed in Delhi, breaking the tradition of appointing a retired officer, the Central Government appointed Vinay Kumar Saxena, associated with an NGO, as the Deputy Governor. Now only a few selected officers are left in the Raj Bhavans all over the country.
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Excluding the lieutenant governors and administrators, out of 28 states in the country, only two states have exofficio governors. RN Ravi is a former IPS officer in Tamil Nadu and
CV Ananda Bose, the Governor of West Bengal is a former IAS. Apart from these, all the others are from the background of politicians or social workers.
Among the new appointments made this time, except retired Supreme Court judge Justice SAbdul Nazeer and former army officer Kaivalya Trivikram Parnaik, rest are people associated with BJP politics. Former Tamil Nadu Pradesh BJP President CP Radhakrishnan has been made the Governor of Jharkhand, while for- mer Union Minister Shiv Pratap Shukla has been sent to the Raj Bhavan of Himachal Pradesh. Veteran BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria, who was the Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan, has been made the Governor of Assam. It may be noted that a few days back Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a scathing remark about government officials and since then the attitude has changed.
Women’s empowerment is only way to ensure peace, social inclusion:
Murmu addressed Women’s World Summit being held in Abu Dhabi via video conference
New Delhi (ANI):
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that she has the full conviction that women’s empowerment is the only way to ensure peace, social inclusion and prosperity in the world. Addressing the two-day Women’s World Summit 2023 being held in Abu Dha-
