Centre misusing Governors' office to destabilize non-BJP governments: Yechury
New Delhi, June 17: CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday accused the Modi government of using the Governors office to destabilise the non-BJP state governments as well as to install BJP governments despite the saffron party not winning the mandate.
Yechury's statement came ahead of his joining a protest march to the Prime Minister's residence organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday against the alleged high-handedness of the central government and direct interference in Delhi administration.
"Joining the protest rally to the Prime Minister's residence today to express serious condemnation over the manner in which federalism, a fundamental feature of our Constitution, is being undermined by this BJP central government," Yechury said in a statement.
"Utilising the office of the Governors and Lt. Governors, the BJP central government is seeking to destabilise non-BJP democratically elected state governments. This is happening with the democratically elected governments in Delhi and in Puducherry," he said.
Yechury said the office of the Governor was sought to be utilized "to hijack people's mandate in Karnataka" which was thwarted.
He pointed out that the Governor's office was used to "install BJP governments" even after they have "lost the elections", like in Goa, Manipur and Meghalaya.
"The Governor's office has been misused in Bihar to allow the BJP to enter the government through the backdoor after losing the Assembly elections comprehensively," said the leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist.
Yechury said such efforts were "destroying the already fragile Centre-state relations", which is the backbone of the federal content of the Indian Constitution. "This must not be permitted."
He said the Communists in India were the "first victims of such central authoritarian misuse of constitutional provisions" when the elected government in Kerala was "undemocratically" dismissed in 1959.
"This has happened with Left-led governments repeatedly in Kerala and West Bengal subsequently," he said.
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Petrol pump worker killed as SUV hits motorcycle head-on in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): A petrol pump worker died after an SUV rammed into his motorcycle in the Sushant Lok area here, police said on Thursday.
The accused driver fled the scene, leaving the vehicle after the accident. An FIR has been registered at the Sushant Lok police station, they said.
According to police, the accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when Mukesh was travelling from Sector 44 to Sushant Lok on Vyapar Kendra Road for some work.
Near Vyapar Kendra, a white Thar coming from the wrong side at high speed hit his motorcycle head-on, leaving him critically injured, they said.
The driver fled the scene, leaving the vehicle behind, police added.
Eyewitnesses claimed the vehicle had no number plates either at the front or rear.
Locals took Mukesh to a private hospital, where he died during treatment, police said. He was a resident of Rohta Patti in Palwal and worked at a petrol pump in Sector 44.
An FIR was registered against the unidentified driver, based on a complaint lodged by his brother Ashok. The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem on Thursday, police said.
“The Thar vehicle has been seized from the spot. CCTV footage from the area is being examined, and the driver will be arrested soon,” a Gurugram police spokesperson said.
