Lok Bhavan needs to respect lok's mandate
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📌 Summary:
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Article addresses the constitutional tension between elected state governments and centrally-appointed Governors
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Governor's role as defined in Articles 153–162 is largely ceremonial, but Governors have increasingly acted as political agents of the Centre
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Key constitutional provisions: Article 163 (Governor acts on CM's advice except discretionary functions), Article 200 (Governor's role in state bills), Article 356 (President's Rule)
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Recent controversies: Governors delaying/withholding assent to state bills in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Punjab — undermining legislative mandate of elected governments
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Supreme Court in November 2023 ruled that Governors cannot indefinitely withhold bills and must act within reasonable time
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Article argues the Governor's office has become a tool of "cooperative federalism's" antithesis — used to destabilize opposition-ruled states
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Recommendations: fix time limits for Governor's assent, reduce discretionary powers, make removal process transparent, enforce SC guidelines strictly
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