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	India State Governments and Territories - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		In Uttar Pradesh, where more than 100 persons were killed in the 1991 elections, Seshan succeeded in reducing the number killed to two in the November 1993 assembly elections by enforcing compulsory deposit of all licensed firearms, banning unauthorized vehicular traffic, and supplementing local police with paramilitary units.
		Governors are appointed to office for a five-year term by the president on the advice of the prime minister, and their conduct is supposed to be above politics.
		Governors not only attempt to keep opposition state governments in line, but also, while keeping the state bureaucracy in place, have exercised their power to dismiss the chief minister and his or her council of ministers.
	www.photius.com /countries/india/government/india_government_state_governments_an~8864.html (1504 words)

	STRATEGIC TRENDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		While the UPA claimed that the incumbent Governors were removed owing to their closeness to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP led opposition has called such sacking ‘unconstitutional’ and has threatened to seek remedies in the higher court.
		Governor is appointed by the President and holds office at his pleasure.
		Governors have used it suiting their personal convenience or the convenience of the ruling party at the Centre.
	www.observerindia.com /strategic/st040705.htm (1366 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Removal of Governors a right decision: Patil
		Citing the example of Gujarat, he said the Government did not want to face a situation "where the Governor, shackled by his ideological considerations, was not prepared to give a factual report of what was happening on the ground." The UPA had won a mandate to provide a secular government and to take everybody together.
		Advani's charge that the Government's decision to remove the Governors had struck a blow to federalism, he assured the House that the Government was committed to upholding the federal character of the Constitution.
		The Governor was only a nominated person whereas the BJP had tried to remove the elected Government of Bihar by invoking Article 356.
	www.hindu.com /2004/07/13/stories/2004071310110100.htm (433 words)

	Four governors sacked - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Centre on Friday dismissed the governors of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Goa, all appointed during the previous Vajpayee government.
		The dismissed governors are Mr Vishnu Kant Shastri (Uttar Pradesh), Mr Kailashpati Mishra (Gujarat), Mr Babu Parmanand (Haryana) and Mr Kedarnath Sahni (Goa).
		Mr Jaitley said a governor is appointed at the “pleasure of the President” for five years and if his term is ended mid-way “some solid reasons” have to be in place.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/july032004/i1.asp (518 words)

	President sacks four governors
		The Centre on Friday sacked governors of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Goa.
		These four - Vishnu Kant Shastri (Uttar Pradesh), Kailashpati Mishra (Gujarat), Babu Parmanand (Haryana) and Kidarnath Sahni (Goa) - have a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party background and were appointed by the previous National Democratic Alliance government.
		The decision to sack honorable governors is brutal, unconstitutional and undemocratic.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/02gov.htm?zcc=rl (302 words)

	A matter of debate - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The dismissal of the NDA-appointed governors of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Goa was not unexpected as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had given indications that it would wield the axe if they did not quit on their own.
		The legality and propriety of the dismissal of governors, who have been appointed for a five-year term are a matter of debate, with different views being expressed on whether the President’s “pleasure”, on which a governor’s appointment and tenure are based, can be withdrawn arbitrarily.
		The basic problem is that governors are appointed by governments to work as agents of the party in power at the Centre and not to serve as representatives of the President.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/july032004/edit1.asp (451 words)

	Governors to defy Centre's diktat - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Governors of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana have decided to defy the Centre's directive to resign.
		It could have served the purpose if one Governor was to be removed, but if the number is more than one, the President could return the proposal to the Government with a query.
		The BJP leaders carried certain papers with them to substantiate their argument as to why the Governors appointed by the previous NDA Government should not be removed due at the whims and fancies of the UPA regime.
	sify.com /fullstory.php?id=13508694 (534 words)

	PIL filed against governors' sacking
		A Public Interest Litigation was filed today in the Supreme Court challenging the removal of four governors by the President and terming the Congress party-led coalition government's decision in this regard as 'unconsitutional'.
		The petition, filed by B P Singhal, Bharatiya Janata Party's member of Parliament and brother of Vishwa Hindu Parishad working president Ashok Singhal, stated that the government's decision to remove the governors of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Goa and Gujarat was unconstitutional, as the Constitution categorically provides for a fixed tenure of five years for them.
		When the governor holds office at the pleasure of the president (even though the term will be 5 years), I am 100% sure that the...
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/05governors.htm (305 words)

	UTTAR PRADESH LEGISLATURE
		The Governor General's Legislative Council hitherto was almost the same body as his Executive Council with the difference that while transacting legislative business it was reinforced by a law member.
		Thereafter the Lt. Governor, addressing the Council said that it would be the duty of the non-official members of the Council to exercise two privileges which were conferred on them by the regulations.
		On February 25, 1948, the Assembly passed a resolution requesting the Governor to submit to the Governor General the request of the Assembly to the effect that the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and the Oudh Chief Court be amalgamated.
	www.uplegassembly.nic.in /UPLL.HTML (8081 words)

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		The Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2000 also contained a clause for the continuance of the present level of ceilings on land holding, as applicable in the existing State of Uttar Pradesh, in the successor States.
		The Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2000 was passed by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on 1 August and 10 August 2000, respectively.
		Pensions: The liability of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh in respect of pensions shall pass to, or be apportioned between the successor States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in accordance with the provisions contained in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /jpi/December2000/CHAP-7.htm (5730 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Governors of states frequently end up acting as agents of the political party they owe their appointments to rather than as constitutional heads.
		The Sarkaria Commission noted, for instance, that of 298 Governors appointed between 1967 and 1986, only 18 completed their full five-year term: 88 lasted less than a year, 71 for one year, 55 for two years, 40 for three years and 26 for four.
		One consequence of this has been a rekindling of the debate on the raison d’être of the office of Governor and the natural reference to the Constitution-makers’ wisdom or lack of it for foisting on the poor tax-payer a bunch of white elephants.
	www.the-week.com /25jul03/currentevents_article5.htm (1924 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Lok Sabha to discuss Governors issue today
		The two main parties — the Congress and the BJP — have been engaged in a war of words on the issue and the familiar charges are expected to be traded again in Parliament tomorrow.
		The BJP view is that a Governor enjoys a "fixed tenure" of five years and unless there is a specific charge of misconduct against him the President cannot "withdraw his pleasure" and sack him.
		Senior BJP leaders have also said that the Vajpayee Government had tried to put a new norm in place and create a new precedent by not touching the Governors appointed by the previous regime, except in those cases where new appointments were made after the notification of elections.
	www.hindu.com /2004/07/12/stories/2004071207600100.htm (525 words)

	Governors were asked to quit by Govt
		The move to ask the Governors to put in their papers was prompted by their refusal to see the writing on the wall, even after Home Minister L K Advani had announced on Sunday that the Government would review the appointments made by the previous Government.
		While Uttar Pradesh Governor Romesh Bhandari quit as promised as soon as Vajpayee was invited to form the Government, BJP circles feel that others with similar anti-BJP credentials should have followed his example.
		Governors of Mizoram and Goa-Arun Prosad Mukherjee and T R Satishchandran-have already resigned along with Lt Governors of Delhi and Andaman and Nicobar Islands-Tejinder Khanna and IK Gupta.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980415/10550634.html (630 words)

	Secular Arjun passed UP-type religion bill in '84
		The Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Public Religious Buildings and Places Bill was passed by both Houses of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature in January, and is currently awaiting the President’s nod following the decision of governor Suraj Bhan to refer the matter to Rashtrapati Bhavan for assent.
		Following the decision of the RSS-dominated Uttar Pradesh government to enact the legislation on the plea of curbing ISI activity on the border with Nepal, a hullabaloo was raised in a meeting of the Congress Working Committee by none other than Mr Arjun Singh.
		In the Uttar Pradesh bill, the punishments are imprisonment of upto one year and fine of Rs 5,000, or both.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0400/23.html (1074 words)

	Suniti
		According to the article, the center sacked Governors of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujrat, and Goa.
		TOI argues that the post of the Governor is mostly occupied by the politicians who loose elections.
		They sacked these Governors not because they were not performing their job properly; not because they were partial towards any party; and not even because they could not maintain the constitution in their states.
	www.suniti.org /print.php?sid=24 (528 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : The politics of governor's office
		Actually, when the axe fell on the governors of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Goa a few months ago, those of Bihar and Rajasthan escaped, and one wondered how the Tamil Nadu Governor, whose closeness to the Sangh Parivar was well known, had been spared.
		The next point when Ms Jayalalithaa's relationship with the Governor came into focus was when Ms Fatima Beevi, a former Supreme Court judge, took the decision in 2001 to administer the oath of office to Ms Jayalalithaa despite her conviction in one of the cases filed against her by the previous DMK regime.
		Any Governor holds office under Article 156 (1) at the "pleasure of the President" It is not as though the BJP has not played games with Raj Bhavan incumbents during its years in power.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/11/03/stories/2004110300010800.htm (1435 words)

	All about Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh travel guide
		Uttar Pradesh shares its borders with as many as seven states and the borders in the North-East are shared with Nepal.
		The cradle of Indian culture, the land washed by the pious Ganga and Yamuna Rivers which stand witness to an ancient culture; Uttar Pradesh is the land of ancient history and epic stories.
		Uttar Pradesh very soon became the place of beautiful architecture, good food and poetry.
	www.t2uttarpradesh.com /uttar-pradesh.php (1114 words)

	Asia Society: Speeches
		And I think one of the reasons for Congress not doing as well in Madhya Pradesh as they had expected was the fact that, I think it's ten or eleven constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, the BSP held a very substantial share of the vote both in 1998 and in 1999.
		Uttar Pradesh is the only state where you have a quadrangular political model, but then I would argue that here's a state with a population close to that of Indonesia's.
		The way a political party is claiming to be part of the governors process has been unable to sustain what it calls it's experiment and social engineering--really shows up the limitations of all political parties, because all political parties are basically deep down upper caste, elite dominated parties.
	www.asiasociety.org /speeches/indian-elections.html (9326 words)

	webindia123.com-Indian History-Modern-British Governors and Governor Generals-Cornwallis
		Lord Wellesley is considered to be one of the most brilliant Governor General of Bengal.
		The directors of the company who were not in support of the policy of extension of British dominions followed by Wellesley aspired to follow the policy of non-intervention.
		George Barlow was followed by Lord Minto who was the president of the Board of control before he became the governor general of the company.
	www.webindia123.com /history/modern/general1.htm (714 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - Nawal Kishore, Kidwai, Jamir, Rajeshwar Named New Governors
		In the first official comments on the reason for dismissal of the governors, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said that they were sacked because there was a possibility that they may not be able to adjust in the changed circumstances with a new government coming at the Centre which has an ideology different from theirs.
		Meanwhile, a day after the sacking of four Governors, Vajpayee on Saturday demanded that Union Home Minister Patil should either deny that they had been removed because of their association with RSS or "apologise" to RSS for using it as a reason.
		The former Prime Minister also said that the manner in which the four governors were sacked has reduced the constitutional post to that of a daily wage worker and termed it as a big blow to democracy.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=070504041501 (1222 words)

	Utilisation of SC-ST funds under scanner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The seven-member committee of governors set up to review the performance of welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the country is unhappy with the contents as well the implementation of such schemes.
		Mr Alexander, along with Himachal Pradesh Governor Suraj Bhan and Kerala Governor S C Kang was here to review the implementation of the Special Component Plan (SCP), a scheme for Dalits.
		The study specially focusses on Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, where the population largely constitutes SCs, and Orissa where tribals were seen in large numbers.
	www.ambedkar.org /News/Utilisationof.htm (789 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil categorically said today that the Governors of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Goa and Gujarat were removed because their ideology was different from that of the Congress-led UPA Government.
		He said that the sacking of the four Governors before the completion of their five-year term was humiliation of the chair and should be condemned by all those who value democracy.
		The Governors could be removed if they had abused their offices or made grave mistakes, but not in the manner in which the four Governors had been removed on Friday.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040704/nation.htm (3660 words)

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		He said as the Governors enjoyed a "fixed tenure", the President will have to invoke the constitutional provision of "withdrawing his pleasure" to remove them and "pleasure is not revoked arbitrarily.
		On the possible reasons for the UPA Government wanting to remove Governors, Mr Advani said: "There is no reason I know of other than that they are linked to BJP." He, however, did not reveal the party's strategy if the case the UPA Government went ahead with replacing the Governors with their own nominees.
		The issue of Lt Governors was different as they had no fixed tenure and he had advised the Pondicherry Lt Governor to resign, Mr Advani said.
	www.bjp.org /Newspaper/june_2904.htm (500 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - President Sacks 4 RSS, BJP ‘Background’ Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		These four - Vishnu Kant Shastri (Uttar Pradesh), Kailashpati Mishra (Gujarat), Babu Parmanand (Haryana) and Kidarnath Sahni (Goa) - have a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) background and were appointed by the previous National Democratic Alliance government (NDA).
		The governors who are likely to be replaced included Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Goa.
		The same day, reports from Kohima said that Nagaland Pradesh Congress Chief S C Jamir has claimed that he is going to be appointed as Goa Governor by the centre.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=070204033321 (733 words)

	Female Governors 1920-90
		This means that some of the governors listed are the actual leaders of the states, other are official representatives of the central power with no executive roles.
		She was elected President of the Senate and immediately became acting governor since the predecessor had been hospitalized and later died.
		She acted as interim governor for a week until the newly elected governor was sworn in and afterwards continued as state senator.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Governors1920.htm (2054 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		The issue of continuance of these Governors came to the fore after the change of guard at the Centre with the Left parties and other constituents of the UPA coalition pressing for their removal.
		Under the Constitution, the Governor, though appointed for a term of five years by the President "shall hold office during the pleasure of the President" unless he resigns on his own in between.
		The NDA government had removed two Governors appointed by previous Governments on the ground their conduct in office was improper.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=232396 (822 words)

	Why Bhan was shunted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The controversial Uttar Pradesh Governor, Mr Suraj Bhan, whose "pro- active" style in Raj Bhavan had attracted criticism from the BJP, was today shifted to Himachal Pradesh, just a week after the new Chief Minister, Mr Rajnath Singh, took office.
		The shifting of Mr Bhan comes in the midst of reports that the ruling coalition led by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh had not taken kindly to his "pro-active and assertive" style of functioning.
		For this reason, the BJP chose an all upper caste team in Uttar Pradesh, which is going to the polls next year, in order to win over the high caste people by appointing the governor, the chief minister and the state party chief from the upper castes.
	www.ambedkar.org /News/hl/WhyBhan.htm (1145 words)

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