Four months after he had filed a petition in the Supreme Court against NDA government’s move to remove him from the post of Governor of Uttarakhand, Aziz Qureshi was on Tuesday transferred to Mizoram for the remaining of his term. Though there are no fixed parameters, a governor is appointed generally for five years.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Qureshi said: “I have no issues serving Mizoram. It is also part of India. I still have two more years to go.”
Meanwhile, Meghalaya Governor K K Paul will replace Qureshi in Uttarakhand. “Paul will continue to hold the additional charge of Manipur till further orders,” read a communication from President Pranab Mukherjee’s office.
West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi has been asked to discharge the functions of Meghalaya Governor.
In a petition filed in the apex court, Qureshi said he was appointed by the President and only he had the authority to remove him. Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami had telephoned Governor Qureshi on July 30 and asked him to consider quitting in wake of a remark he made on rape incidents in Uttar Pradesh, of which he was holding additional charge then.
In an affidavit to the Supreme Court in August, Goswami had said Qureshi’s actions were not “behoving the status of the Governor” and showed the constitutional office in “very poor light” apart from “bringing it into disrespect”.
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