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From: venky@crystal.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: India news bulletins - tortures and torturers
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 12:01:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 12:01:38 1985
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> In article <29@sbcs.UUCP> mohan@sbcs.UUCP (Chilukuri K. Mohan) writes:
> 
> >	 Governors Moved Around
> >
> >	II. Punjab's governor Arjun Singh has been
> >	inducted into the central cabinet as the commerce
> >	minister. Singh is reportedly rewarded for
> >	his role in negotiating the Punjab accord.
> >	Singh is replaced by Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma,
> >	Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
> 
>     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.

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.

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