Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt, who was appointed in 2010, has stepped down from his post, two days after Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami called some of them appointed by the previous government to quit.
On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Governor B L Joshi was the first to resign from his post. While Joshi had belonged to Indian Police Service, Dutt had retired from the Indian Administrative Service.
Among the options that may be under the government's consideration is a move to shift some Governors from politically "significant and big" states to what is considered as less significant states so that they are forced to give up on their own.
Another idea that may be put into effect is to allow CBI to question incumbents M K Narayanan (West Bengal), B V Wanchoo (Goa) as a witness in the investigations into the AugustaWestland helicopter deal.
Meanwhile, Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar today said he has not made any statement which was critical of the Centre's move to replace the Governors.
"The Governor of Nagaland has not made any such statement anywhere, to any person or representative of media," Joint Director of Department of Information and Public Relations and PRO to Governor, Dominic Yazokie here said in a statement.