THE DISCRETIONARY POWERS OF GOVERNORS OF STATES IN INDIA
THE DISCRETIONARY POWERS OF GOVERNORS OF STATES IN INDIA: DISCRETIONARY POWERS OF GOVERNORS - MEANING : The Governor is the nominal head of the state where all of his decisions are taken by consulting the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers. Thus in the normal times, he is the De-Jure head of the state. But the constitution has provided him with the discretionary powers. The powers vested with the decision making of the Governor at his discretion and not bound to the ruling party in the state are called the discretionary powers of the Governor. HISTORY OF THE ROLE OF GOVERNORS OF STATE IN INDIA: The role of Governor and his powers were very limited during the Nehruvian era of 1950-67. The mediator between the center and the state was the outsider from the government but not the Governor as now. Thus, the Governors of different states were dissatisfied with their job and protested to make the post significant or to remove the post for all. Sarojini Naidu, the then