The submit of the Governor got here into being on January 26, 1950, and was created as a hyperlink between states and the Union authorities. Since then, there have been mannequin governors who’ve passed by the structure and a few who haven’t, and tried to disturb the elected authorities.

Currently a lot of them have been at loggerheads with the native authorities. “I’ve by no means seen so a lot of them on the identical time,” says senior lawyer within the Supreme Courtroom Raju Ramachandran on this podcast dialogue with Sidharth Bhatia.

In Tamil Nadu, the federal government had ready a speech that spoke in regards to the tall leaders who had impressed the Dravida motion – together with Periyar, Ambedkar and Karunanidhi. Governor R.N. Ravi dropped elements of it and altered the title of the state in his speech. “It was completely out of order,” says Ramachandran.

He additionally talks in regards to the structure. “India has some of the enlightened constitutions on the planet,” which mentions each rights and duties, he says.

“However no authorities will emphasise on the rights,” he provides.