Animesh Mandal
Volume-XII, Issue-I, October 2023
Volume-XII, Issue-I, October 2023 | ||
Published Online: 31.10.2023 | Page No: 247-252 | |||
Controversial role of the Governor in Indian Federal System: An
analysis of State politics
Animesh Mandal, Assistant Professor,
Department of Political Science, Krishnagar Govt. College, Nadia, India. | |
The Constitution of India has adopted a Parliamentary system of Government at the Centre
as well as in the states. At the state level, Executive authority is vested in the Governor, who
enjoys a position analogue to the President at the Centre. Article 154 of the Constitution
vested at the executive powers of the state in the Governor, which are exercised by him
either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with the constitution..
In this regards the function of the Governor shall be to lubricate the machine of the
Government, to see that its wheels are going on well by reason not of his interference, but
of friendly, co-operation. But we find that it was the involvement of the governor in active
state politics of the states which made of the office subject to considerable public criticism.
The Governor has to face situation in which he has to take decision in view of his oath of
his office to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law. But after 1967 some
of the Governors dangerously overstepped their jurisdiction which resulted in public
demand for their removal. The manner in which the power of appointing and dismissing the
Council of Ministers, summoning, proroguing and dissolving the Assembly, and also of
recommending the imposition of President’s Rule has been used in a sad commentary on the
role of some of the Governors. The Governors in some of the States by using their powers
purely for partisan and personal ends, not only deprived the office of its dignity, but also
brought disrepute to it. In this paper, an attempt is made to examine the controversial role
of the Governor in Indian Federal System. | |
Keywords: Parliamentary system, executive power, co-operation, removal, dignity |