CPI(M) today urged President Banwarilal Purohit to "recall " Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, alleging he was acting beyond the realm of his powers and embroiled in a controversy.
"...Governor of Tamil Nadu was acting beyond the realm of his mandated powers in making appointments, of a highly controversial and partisan kind, to public positions," CPI(M) Sate Secretary, K Balakrishnan said in his memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind.
The allegation comes against the backdrop of the recent objection by opposition parties in Tamil Nadu to the appointment of M K Surappa as vice-chancellor of the premier State-run Anna University here.
Purohit, had, however, defended his decision saying he acted according to the Constitution.
The CPI(M), in its memorandum, made exhaustive references to a recent alleged sex scandal involving a woman college assistant professor, Nirmala Devi, who had claimed access to the Governor, an allegation dismissed by Purohit as having no truth, baseless and unfounded.
"The Governor's office itself being embroiled in a controversy is intolerable. We reiterate that the President of the country should immediately intervene to recall the Governor forthwith," he said, referring to the scandal.
Opposing Purohit appointing an one-man commission, headed by retired bureaucrat R Santhanam, to investigate the scandal, the CPI(M) said the panel should be "immediately disbanded."
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