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The Trinamool Congress connected Friday (March 6, 2026) said the Governor reshuffle effected crossed respective States reflects the Modi government's contempt for law federalism and slammed it for turning Raj Bhavans into BJP warfare rooms.
The enactment was reacting to Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi being appointed arsenic the caller politician of West Bengal, replacing C V Ananda Bose, who resigned abruptly connected Thursday (March 5).
The assignment was a portion of a large reshuffle of gubernatorial posts effected successful respective states and Union territories by President Droupadi Murmu precocious connected Thursday (March 5) night.
Trinamool Congress person Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said State governments should beryllium progressive successful the assignment of Governors.
Citing the recommendations by the Sarkaria and Punchhi Commissions, helium said "State governments indispensable beryllium progressive successful the assignment of the politician with the enactment of panels, recommended by Sarkaria Commission".
"Punchhi Commission connected Centre-State Relations recommended that politician indispensable beryllium appointed aft consultation with the State concerned. Who listens?" the TMC Rajya Sabha MP said connected X.
TMC's lawman person successful Rajya Sabha Sagarika Ghose said it is "basic grammar of federalism".
"The Sarkaria and Punchhi Commissions were clear: authorities governments should beryllium consulted successful the assignment of governors. That's basal grammar of federalism and democracy" Mr. Ghose said connected X.
"By unilaterally appointing a caller politician for Bengal, the Modi authorities again displays its contempt for law federalism. Raj Bhavans becoming BJP warfare rooms," she charged.
The Punchhi Commission connected reforms successful Centre-State relations, nether erstwhile Chief Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, successful a study successful 2010 recommended assignment of the Governor beryllium made by a panel, including the Chief Minister.
The Sarkaria Commission, headed by retired Supreme Court justice Ranjit Singh Sarkaria, had recommended that the main curate of the acrophobic authorities indispensable beryllium consulted earlier assignment of governor.
Political circles were abuzz with the unexpected resignation of Bose arsenic the West Bengal politician conscionable weeks earlier the Assembly polls there.
In a communique, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said that President Murmu has accepted Bose's resignation.
Talking to PTI implicit the telephone from Delhi, Mr. Bose had said, "Yes, I person resigned. I person been the Governor of Bengal for three-and-a-half years; it's capable for me."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that Mr. Bose whitethorn person been pressured by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to "serve definite governmental interests" up of the polls.
With Mr. Ravi moving to West Bengal, the Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar volition discharge the functions of the Tamil Nadu Governor.
As the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Ravi, a erstwhile lawman nationalist information adviser, was often locked successful nationalist battles with the M K Stalin-led DMK authorities successful the confederate State implicit antithetic issues.
