New Delhi: Controversial Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, who refused to quit after being nudged by the Centre in the wake of Supreme Court strictures on him over the political crisis in Arunachal Pradesh was sacked from the post on Monday.
Rajkhowa “shall cease to hold the office of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh,” said a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique.
Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan has been asked by the President to discharge the functions in addition to his own duties, it said. Appointed governor of Arunachal on May 12 last year, Rajkhowa is the first NDA gubernatorial appointee to be sacked with the government informing that President that it has “lost trust” in him.
Union home minister Rajnath Singh had called on the President last week and conveyed to him that Rajkhowa’s continuance in the post has become untenable after the SC’s observations against him over dismissal of the Congress government in the state.
The meeting with the President came after Rajkhowa refused to step down despite a nudge by the Centre to put in his papers after the SC passed serious strictures against him over the dismissal of the Congress government last year.
