New Delhi: Months ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, Central government on Saturday appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Nath Kovind as new Governor of the state, allegedly without consulting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The Chief Minister voiced his displeasure over the appointment of the senior BJP leader as new Governor. "As per the precedent so far, the central government, the Home Minister talks to the state government, its Chief Minister on it (appointment of Governor). This time there is no consultation. I have also got the information (about the appointment) through media," Kumar said.
Nitish claimed that he "just now" got to know about the appointment of the Governor for Bihar through media and stressed that his experience and his knowledge of precedents so far tell him that Chief Ministers are consulted before any such appointment.
Condemning this move, another Janata Dal leader KC Tyagi said, "A new governor has been appointed without consulting the CM, JDU condemns this. The matter will be raised in Parliament."
Training guns against the Narendra Modi government, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad said, "The government has not done the right thing by appointing a governor without informing the state government."
Kovind, 69, who had been a two-time Rajya Sabha member between 1994 and 2006, hails from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi was holding additional charge of Bihar.
A lawyer by profession, Kovind had also been BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha chief.
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