Should we not abolish the posts of GOVERNORS of the states ( india specific )?

Question

In a democracy there is no need to continue with those posts . the lands and accomodations can be utilised for creating more IITs. We shoild even think of abolishing the post of President of India as well .

Answer 1

We need these posts for the people of India to be insulated from the corrupt politicians. Otherwise the political rulars will eat away the public and public property.

Answer 2

Though they have certain powers  they act like rubber stamps of ruling party. they can do nothing by their own. if this system is abolished atleast the money wasted on them can b saved...

its only a opinion of mine..!

Answer 3

if you have the power to do it, please go ahead to do it. why ask i wish u all the best

Answer 4

Ideally, there must be fewer IITs. One state does not require more than one IIT anyway. Else the IITs will lose their status as institutes of excellence and become another run of the mill techonological college. And for that single IIT, a state has sufficient land and does not need to encroach on Raj Bhavans or the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

No doubt India is a democracy and ideally there should be no post beyond the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers, who are directly elected by the people.

But the framers of the Indian Constitution had the foresight to visualise that our democratic setup would be far from perfect. Democratic representatives would develop autocratic tendencies. They would try to subvert and even trample upon democracy for their personal gains and lust for power. The Constitution would be given short shrift at every available opportunity. The will of the people, which is the essence of democracy, would be relegated to the background time and again.

The President and the Governors perform the role of bringing errant governments back to the constitutional path. They are vital in creating the checks and balances which keep our democracy alive. There are numerous instances where Presidents and Governors refused to be mere rubber stamps of the governments in power. Their bold decisions saved democracy.

Some Presidents and Governors are politicians who get these posts as rewards for their faithfulness to the political party in power. Some of them continue to serve those political parties from their offices and sometimes act partially and against the Constitution, which is not expected from them. But that is no reason to abolish such posts. IITs create many engineers who ultimately use their excellent education to produce lethal weapons. That is no reason to abolish IITs.

A lot of Presidents and Governors have remained faithful to the Constitution, discharged their responsibilities impartially and provided able guidance to governments with their wisdom and vision.

Finally, a lot of money is spent from the state exchequer on our President and Governors. But if we have a proper audit of the amounts of money spent on the lavish upkeep of several of our elected representatives, the amounts spent on Presidents and Governors would be peanuts in comparison. The pay and emoluments of Presidents and Governors are fixed by the Central Government. No government has shown any effort to embrace austerity when questions of pay and emoluments come up. No use blaming the Presidents and Governors who have no say in the matter. One former President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam voiced his opinion against a salary hike for the President, when the issue came up towards the end of his tenure. That his successor had no such compunction, is a different story.

Answer 5

yes i agree with u in today's financial situation lott of money is wasted on them

Answer 6

If you want to do that you need to change the provision dealing with 'governor' in the constitution of India to that effect (abolition of the post). This can be possible if two thirds of the members of parliament, whom the people have elected to represent them, say 'yes' to this proposal made in the parliament in the form of a bill. The same thing must be done about the president of India but with a far bigger effort. I hope you've heard about the constitution.  

For someone who considers the constitution irrelevent there is another way I can suggest. Grab power and become dictator of the country and suspend or abolish constitution as was done in a neighbouring country; but even for that one must be at least a very senior general with a thirty years of commendable service, or some such thing.

The constitution also guarantees 'freedom of speech' that is not availble in many countries so that we can indulge in such talk as this, causing no harm or good to anyone.

Answer 7

I agree.