Gogoi welcomes President's directive to Governors

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today welcomed President Pranab Mukherjee's directive to the Governors to stick to the Constitution.
The directive from the President to the Governors to respect the distinct authority and responsibility vested in each of the organs of the State and to perform their duties within the Constitutional framework has come at a right time following the overstepping of Constitutional limits by some Governors, Gogoi said in a statement.
"The manner, in which some Governors are mired in controversies for acting as agents of the RSS than Constitutional heads of their respective States, have brought disgrace to the high constitutional posts," he said.

In the backdrop of controversies involving some governors like those from Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, the President yesterday asked Governors to perform their duties within the framework of Constitution.
In his New Year message to the Governors through video conferencing from Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mukherjee said they should respect the distinct authority and responsibility vested in each of the three organs of the State.