Kamla Beniwal, who had a running battle with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the Gujarat CM, was sacked as Governor of Mizoram on Wednesday Aug 06,2014 just two months before her tenure comes to an end.
Kamla Beniwal took over as Governor of Mizoram on July 9, and within a month she has been removed.
"The
President has directed that Dr. (Smt.) Kamla shall cease to hold the
office of the Governor of Mizoram," a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué
said.
"Governor
of Manipur V.K. Duggal has been asked to discharge the functions of the
Governor of Mizoram until regular arrangements are made,"
Note
Kamla Beniwal
had a strained relationship with Modi when he was the chief minister of
Gujarat over the appointment of Lokayukta and some legislations.
There
were at least nine bills that she either sent back with remarks or sat
on for long periods, in some cases even two-three years
During her confrontation with Narendra Modi,Kamla Beniwal appointed retired Justice
R.A. Mehta as Lokayukta. However, Justice Mehta did not take up the post
and Modi's government named a new nominee.
After shunting Kamla Beniwal to Mizoram the Centre found a BJP loyalist as her replacement in Gujarat.
While
O.P. Kohli was appointed as the new Governor, there were reports that
Kamla Beniwal was resisting going to Mizoram - but left with no choice, she
took charge in the state.
Kamla Beniwal
was first appointed as Governor of Tripura in October, 2009 the first
woman to be appointed as Governor in Northeast. However, a month later
she was appointed as Gujarat Governor.
Kamla Beniwal is the second Governor to be sacked after the removal of Puducherry Lt Governor Virendra Kataria.
In the last three years Beniwal flew out of Gujarat 63 times, mostly to
Jaipur her home town. She travelled to Jaipur 53 times and the
remaining 10 times she flew to Delhi.
Interestingly
most of these have been termed as "official trips" even as the Governor
clocked 277 flying hours between 2011 and 2014.
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