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Odisha Governor Raghubar Das’s Son Accused of Assaulting Raj Bhavan Employee

An employee of the Odisha government working on deputation in Raj Bhavan has accused the son of Governor Raghubar Das of assaulting him during President Droupadi Murmu's visit to Puri last week. In his complaint to the governor's secretary, Baikunthanath Pradhan-- an assistant section officer of the state parliamentary affairs department deputed to the Raj Bhavan -- said Das's son Lalit Das, along with five others, assaulted him on the night of July 7.  Pradhan's wife Sayoj alleged that her husband was beaten up because he did not send a luxury vehicle to pick up the governor’s son, according to a report by news agency PTI. She demanded legal action on the alleged attack on her husband. President Droupadi Murmu went to Puri on a two-day trip on July 7 fo...
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Odisha staff lodges manhandling complaint against governor’s son | India News – Times of India

BHUBANESWAR: A govt staffer engaged at Odisha Raj Bhavan lodged a complaint on Wednesday against governor Raghubar Das's son, Lalit Kumar, and five others for manhandling him in Puri on July 7.In his complaint to principal secretary to the governor, Pradhan said, "Around 11.45pm on July 7, the personal cook of the governor came to the office and told me that Lalit Kumar wanted to meet me immediately.When I went to Kumar's room, he started scolding me, using unparliamentary language." Pradhan had informed Saswat Mishra, principal secretary to the governor, about the incident on July 8. var _mfq = window._mfq || []; _mfq.push(["setVariable", "toi_titan", window.location.href]); !(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive...
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Bengal Speaker Administers Oath To 2 TMC MLAs, Raj Bhavan Flags ‘Constitutional Impropriety’

Defying Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose's directive to appoint Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee for the task, West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on Friday administered the oath to two newly-elected TMC MLAs himself, leading to accusations of constitutional impropriety from Raj Bhavan. Following the incident, the Governor sent a report to President Droupadi Murmu, accusing Speaker of  violating constitutional norms, news agency PTI reported. Bose wrote to the President, stressing that the oaths administered by the Bengal Speaker at the state Assembly was unconstitutional, a Raj Bhavan official said. Concluding the month-long impasse between the Governor and the assembly regarding the swearing-in ceremony's venue and the administering authority, two ...
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Sonia Gandhi’s nudge puts Hemant Soren back in Jharkhand saddle | India News – Times of India

RANCHI:Hemant Soren was back in the saddle Thursday for a third stint as Jharkhand CM after an unannounced 5pm swearing-in bereft of ceremony and purportedly hastened by a prod from Congress’s parliamentary chairperson Sonia Gandhi.The former Congress president, whom Hemant called on June 30 after getting bail in the Ranchi land scam case two days earlier, is said to have convinced him to take charge quickly “in the interest of clarity within the JMM-led coalition”.Hemant will seek a floor test during a one-day assembly session scheduled for July 8 and expand his cabinet thereafter, JMM said.Both Raj Bhavan and the JMM rank and file had been given to understand after stand-in CM Champai Soren’s resignation Wednesday that Hemant would prefer to take the oath of office on June 7.The appar...
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Raj Bhavan denies T.N. Governor R.N. Ravi’s remarks on family deity worship, files police compliant on fake news

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi during his visit to the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Raj Bhavan, Tamil Nadu has filed a formal complaint with the police asking for a thorough investigation and appropriate legal action against those responsible for spreading fake information that Governor R.N. Ravi had said “Worship of family deity should be banned” and it is the family deity that converts Tamil people in drunkards.In a statement, Raj Bhavan said it has been receiving inquiries from the public regarding a fake news circulating in media which further quoted Governor as saying that the festivals in family deity, Nattar Gods and village temples which are the root cause of alcohol deaths should be banned. Raj Bhavan said it outrightly denies...
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‘Not secure’: Bengal governor says police at Raj Bhavan a ‘safety threat’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday said he sees the current contingent of Kolkata Police posted at Raj Bhavan as a "threat" to his security. "I have reasons to believe that the presence of the current officer-in-charge and his team is a threat to my personal security," Bose told news agency PTI."I have informed Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee that I am insecure with Kolkata Police in Raj Bhavan, but there was no action," he said.The West Bengal governor's statement comes days after he called for the Kolkata Police team to leave Raj Bhavan campus. Police officers, however, remained at their posts as the Lalbazar official said no communication had been received from Raj Bhavan on the matter. According to a Raj Bhavan official, a letter was sent to the relevant state gove...
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‘Unconstitutional’: West Bengal governor slams Mamata Banerjee government for blocking post-poll violence victims | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose criticized the state government on Friday for preventing alleged victims of post-poll violence from entering the Raj Bhavan despite his office granting permission. He described the incident as "unconstitutional" and called for a response from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, which he has not yet received.Governor Bose, who visited a shelter earlier in the day to meet victims, expressed regret over the government's lack of response. “I’m waiting for some inputs from the government on the issue of post-poll violence and then I will be able to give you my comments. At the outset, I regret to say that there has been no response from the government,” he stated to reporters at the Raj Bhavan.The controversy arose when police blocked BJP legislato...
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Governor troubles | The Centre’s proxy war

Former governor of Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir B.K. Nehru once described the constitutional position as one reserved for a “burnt-out superannuated member of the ruling party for whom a governorship was a kind of luxurious retirement”. A former governor defined her role as a “super hostess”, while another claimed to have read 200 novels during his tenure. Tamil Nadu governor Ravindra Narayana Ravi may not be guilty of many of these but the former Intelligence Bureau officer is accused of sitting on bills passed by the state assembly for months on end (some of them for years). On November 20, when the Supreme Court censured him, it ignited a heated debate on not just his actions but also the governor’s role in India’s federal structure. Source link
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