Saturday, December 26, 2009

Oval & Raj Bhavan

In the scandal involving a White House intern Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton finally admitted, “I did it”. Now Raj Bhavan occupant, N. D. Tiwari, resigns from his gubernatorial position of Governor of Andhra Pradesh on “health grounds”. What is not clear is how his health so suddenly deteriorated to warrant resignation! Even problems like AIDS are unlikely to cause such spontaneous decline in health.

NDTV wrote: After a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Andhra Pradesh High court asked the channel to stop telecast of the visuals. Raj Bhavan said the TV programme was 'fabricated, false and malicious', aimed at tarnishing the image of the Governor.

Are Raj Bhavan officials punishable for making false representations to Hon. High Court and getting court orders to stop the telecast and threaten action against the media? Is Hon. High Court accountable to public? Does the High Court have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure that the government, Raj Bhavan and police do not behave in a vindictive manner to cover up their own scandalous positions?

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