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From: venky@crystal.UUCP
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Subject: Re: India news bulletins - tortures and torturers
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 10:42:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 10:42:53 1985
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> From mohan@sbcs:
> >> >	 Governors Moved Around
>  
> From oaf@mit-vax: 
> >>     In a preceding bulletin (11/20/85) it was mentioned that Amnesty
> >> International singled out the governments of Punjab and Andhra Pradesh 
> >> for accusations of torture on an administrative basis.
> >>     Apparently, such accusations do not hurt these gentlemen's careers.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> From venky@crystal.UUCP (in response to the above):
> >The role of a governor in Indian states is totally different from that of a
> >governor in US. The chief minister is the administrative head and is 
> >responsible for all administrative policies and actions. The governor has very 
> >little say, if anything at all, in administration and normally is not affected 
> >by the actions of the state government.
> 
> A couple of questions:
> 
> 1. Is it the implication that the governor shares no responsibility? And that
> he is, in effect, no more than a figurehead?

  Yes and yes.
> 
> 2. So forget the governor. Are the careers of the respective chief ministers
> likely to be affected by the Amnesty indictment? Aw, c'mon :-)

The point is well taken. The careers of the chief ministers will not be
affected by the AMNESTY INDICTMENT. But this was irrelevant to the original
question. As for the Amnesty indictments I doubt it would affect anyone's
career (in India or abroad) unless there was a protest locally. In this case
the chief minister MIGHT suffer some political damage. However, even this
would not affect the Governor.

G.A.Venkatesh
venky@crys.wisc.edu