Days after Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh allegedly made statements which violated the provisions of the Constitution of India, a plea seeking his dismissal from his post was filed in Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday.
“As a worker of BJP, I genuinely want BJP to win. We want that once again Narendra Modi should become the Prime Minister of India. It is important for nation and society that Narendra Modi should become Prime Minister again,” Singh had said in Aligarh on March 25.
Poonam Chand Bhandari, the complainant, accused the Governor of being more loyal to the BJP than the people of the state and demanded that the Governor either be dismissed or the “respondents” be directed to send a recommendation to President of India to remove him.
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She said, “More than a week has passed but the Governor, Kalyan Singh has not reacted that under what circumstances the aforesaid statement was given nor has he tendered an apology. Thus, he deserves to be removed from the office.”
Earlier, the Election Commission on Tuesday wrote a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind over Singh allegedly violating the model code of conduct.
The poll watchdog also asked for a report from the Uttar Pradesh election officer and examined the comments.