Maharashtra Governor Sankaranarayanan Transferred to Mizoram
In a late-night development, the Indian government transferred Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan to Mizoram for the remainder of his tenure, which ends in 2017. The 82-year-old governor was moved via a Rashtrapati Bhawan communiqué, with Gujarat Governor O.P. Kohli asked to discharge additional duties. Sankaranarayanan takes over the Mizoram post after Kamla Beniwal was sacked, who had a long-standing dispute with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister. The article also provides a historical timeline of governor dismissals and transfers in India since 1967, including notable cases such as the 1977 Janata government dismissals, the 1984 Andhra Pradesh controversy, and the 2014 dismissal of Kamla Beniwal. The report references the Sarkaria Commission and the S.R. Bommai Supreme Court case regarding the limits of central power over state governments.
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