Shiv Sena urges Centre to recall Maharashtra Governor

The Shiv Sena which is in power in Maharashtra on Saturday accused state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of toeing the BJPs line and said that if the Centre wants the Constitution to be upheld it should recall himThe party also asserted that the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA dispensation is stable and strong and added that the Centre cannot use the governors shoulders to take aim at the state governmentGovernor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is back in news again He has been in politics for the last many years He was a Union minister and also the chief minister of Uttarakhand However ever since he became the Maharashtra governor he has always remained in news or landed in controversy the Sena said in an editorial in mouthpiece SaamanaWhy he is always landing in controversy is a question Recently he is in news over the use of a state governments plane The governor wanted to go to Dehradun using the state aircraft But the government denied permission to it He sat in the aircraft on Thursday morning but as the plane did not have approval to fly he had to disembark and take a commercial flight to Dehradun it saidThe opposition BJP is creating an issue out of it But why did the governor sit in the plane even as the government had not given its approval for it to fly the party askedIt was a private tour of the governor and as per the law not only the governor but even the chief minister cannot use a state plane for such purposes The Chief Ministers Office CMO has acted in accordance with law it saidBut Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis accused the state government of being egoistic The country knows who is indulging in politics of ego Despite the death of over 200 farmers during the ongoing protest on Delhi borders over the three farm laws the government is not ready to withdraw them Isnt that ego the Uddhav Thackerayled party askedA governor should pursue the agenda of the government of the day and not that of the opposition it addedThe Sena also criticised the delay in governors approval of 12 names recommended by the state cabinet for their nomination to the Legislative Council from his quotaThe governor is acting like a puppet it allegedThe governor of Maharashtra is an honourable person But it is also his own responsibility to keep the prestige of the position that he occupies However he is being forced to dance to the BJPs tunes it saidIf the Union Home Ministry wants the Constitution laws and norms to be upheld it should recall the governor it saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever