11-07-2025
Governor has powers to appoint Vice-Chancellors to State universities, says C.P. Radhakrishnan
TIRUNELVELI
The Governors who had been guaranteed with certain powers as per the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court ruling had powers to appoint Vice-Chancellors to State universities, Governor of Maharashtra C.P. Radhakrishnan said.
During an informal chat with reporters here on Friday, Mr. Radhakrishnan, after garlanding the statue of martyr Azhagumuthu Kone in Palayamkottai, said the Constitution had guaranteed certain powers to the Governor and the Chief Minister. The Governor, the first citizen of the State, should be given the due respect for the position he was occupying.
While the Chief Minister had been given a lot of rights, the Governor had also been bestowed with a some powers by the Constitution. If the Chief Minister exercised his powers rightly, the State would stand to benefit a lot. The Chief Ministers should not intrude into the few powers of the Governors and try to snatch them away, he said.
Mr. Radhakrishnan said the Governor had the powers to appoint the Vice-Chancellors of the State universities as per the Supreme Court verdict in a case represented by the Government of Kerala. Since the Tamil Nadu Government was attempting to violate this ruling, the Governor was trying to prevent it.
On Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's recent observation that the youth should not follow 'Godse's path', he said no one should support violence and extremism. 'If that is the point [of the Chief Minister], why did he hug the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict?,' he asked.
After participating in the consecration of Sri Durgai Amman Temple at Nadukkallur near here, Mr. Radhakrishnan inaugurated two classrooms built at a cost of ₹50 lakh in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University with Tirunelveli MLA Nainar Nagenthiran's constituency development fund.
