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From: baparao@uscvax.UUCP (Bapa Rao)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: India news bulletins - tortures and torturers
Message-ID: <11@uscvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 00:58:07 EST
Article-I.D.: uscvax.11
Posted: Mon Dec  9 00:58:07 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Dec-85 21:02:42 EST
References: <1228@mit-vax.UUCP> <10@crystal.UUCP>
Reply-To: baparao@usc-cse.UUCP (Bapa Rao)
Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA
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Summary: Role of state governor.

In article <10@crystal.UUCP> venky@crystal.UUCP writes:

>> From Oded Feingold: (referring to Arjun Singh and S.D. Sharma)
>>     In the 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 G.A. Venkatesh
>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.
>

True, but wasn't Punjab under President's rule when Arjun Singh was governor?

						--Bapa Rao.