I was threatened, frisked and abused during meeting with governor: Tuki
January 29, 2016  18:53
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A verbal spat between Arunachal Pradesh Governor JP Rajkhowa and former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki show no signs of ending, with the latter on Friday revealing that the former has been repeatedly violating all constitutional and protocol norms since assuming office on June 1, 2015.

Even as the political situation in Arunachal Pradesh remains infractious and the matter has been placed before the Supreme Court for a possible ruling on February 1, an upset and angry Tuki recalled the abusive treatment meted out to him when he met Governor Rajkhowa at the Raj Bhawan in Itanagar.

The incident took place when then Chief Minister Tuki along with his Cabinet ministers went to meet Governor at the Raj Bhawan.

The chief minister as per the Order of Precedence firmed up by the union home ministry is the elected head of government in each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry).

According to the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but the de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, and therefore, he is accorded specific privileges in tune with the office he occupies. This includes rules related to security and interaction with other official representatives.

In an exclusive interview to ANI, he claimed that he was 'threatened, frisked,abused and video-graphed before and during the meeting'.

Tuki further stated that the videographing of his arrival and his meetings were made without his knowledge, and added that the video released in the public domain before both sides approached the court, was an edited version.

The former CM maintained that the part where he was abused and violated in terms of established protocol had been edited.

"We had sought an appointment, and they had planned for it. There were security checks and there were cameras in the room where we held meeting. We tried to hold discussions with them in a normal manner. They tried to threaten me, took my name and provoked me. They even abused me. There was an argument, and the video footage shows only one side of the entire episode. The footage has been edited, some part of it has been deleted," Tuki told ANI.

Tuki's broadside came a couple of days after Governor Rajkhowa had claimed in his report to President Pranab Mukherjee that Nabam Tuki and his council of ministers had threatened him and were practicing a communal brand of politics and administration.
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