Governors may be appointed before Parl session begins on July 7

June 25, 2014 13:43

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the brewing controversy over governors. Singh says the government cannot rule out the appointment of governors before the Parliament session begins on July 7.

The NDA govt has indicated it wants governors appointed by the UPA to step down.

Governors who have been facing the heat of the Modi government, are -- M K Narayanan (West Bengal), Kamla Beniwal (Gujarat), Margaret Alva (Rajasthan), HR Bhardwaj (Karnataka), K Shankarnarayan (Maharashtra), Sheila Dikshit (Kerala).

Uttar Pradesh governor BL Joshi and Chhattisgarh governor Shekhar Dutt have already resigned.

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