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Critically examine the role of Governor in recent times.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 15 marks
  • Principal Organs of Government

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The Sarkaria Commission (1988) called the Governor the "lynch-pin" of the state's constitutional apparatus. After S. R. Bommai (1994) made wholesale dismissals of state governments risky, the office's controversies moved: first to government formation, and in the last five years to obstructing legislation and administration in opposition-ruled states.

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