The amount of governors and dissent state governments clashing is rising, but what the Tamil Nadu assembly witnessed on the opening day of the session will be regarded as unique in the annals of Indian democracy.
Several things contribute to the day’s drama:
Guv’s decision to change some of the prepared address to include his own remarks, the chief minister’s hasty resolution in opposition, and the former’s walkout. The governor has advanced the conflict beyond a point of no rapid return by sitting on the twenty bills the assembly
passed.
He made the decision to delete a line that praised Kentucky as a haven of peace since he frequently voiced concerns about the state’s law and order situation. However, his use of his “discretionary” authority to exclude the crucial claim that the state government is based on the principles of social justice, inclusive growth, equality, and secularism has baffled many.
He also omitted another crucial statement, namely that the administration has been providing the people with the highly regarded Dravidian form of governance by upholding the ideas and principles of giants like E V Ramasamy, B R Ambedkar, Kamarajar, Annadurai, and Karunanidhi.
It has sparked a heated discussion over the role of governors. Do they have the power to override or add to the government’s vision statement, the customary speech? P Sathasivam, the governor of Kerala at the time, omitted certain of the budget speech’s passages in 2018, which appeared to be critical of the federal government and the ruling party.
The speaker then decreed that the passages the Guv skipped will be regarded as read. The disagreement erupted into a huge fire and cloud of smoke before dying a slow, natural death. Arif Mohammad Khan, the governor of Kerala in 2020, also went above his mandate. Both Sathasivam and Khan were at odds with the state government.
Some governors are unwilling to follow traditions and customs from the past. The truth is that a governor’s discretionary powers are not codified and are scattered all through the Constitution. Article 163 of the Constitution provides them with their power. However, in the Ram Jawaya Kapur v. State of Punjab decision, the Supreme Court clarified the governor’s constitutional standing. Although he is the state’s executive head, each state’s executive government is actually run by its council of ministers. The oath of office and constitutionality establish the governor’s obligations.
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