Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari says “I conveyed to PM my need to be discharged of all political tasks”

Mumbai:

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, at loggerheads with the opposition over the past 12 months, has knowledgeable Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he needs to step down from submit. “Governor Koshyari has expressed his need to spend the remainder of his life in studying, writing and different leisurely actions,” learn the assertion issued by the Raj Bhavan.

“It was an absolute honour and privilege for me to function the Rajya Sevak or Rajyapal of an important State like Maharashtra – the land of Saints, Social reformers and valiant fighters,” Mr Koshyari mentioned within the assertion to the media.

Mr Koshyari later tweeted:

In the course of the latest go to of the Hon’ble Prime Minister to Mumbai, I’ve conveyed to him my need to be discharged of all political tasks and to spend the rest of my life in studying, writing and different actions.

— Governor of Maharashtra (@maha_governor) January 23, 2023

I’ve at all times acquired the love and affection from the Hon’ble Prime Minister and I hope to obtain the identical on this regard.

— Governor of Maharashtra (@maha_governor) January 23, 2023

The shock transfer got here throughout PM Modi’s latest go to to Mumbai. The Governor had expressed his need to step down from the submit forward of the Mumbai civic election.

Mr Koshiyari landed in quite a few controversies since his determination to organise the early morning oath ceremony of Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar at Raj Bhavan after the 2019 state elections.

There have been different controversies since — his statements in opposition to Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule and his refusal to just accept the record of 12 MLCs nominated by the erstwhile MVA authorities for state legislature had made headlines.

His comment that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is an icon of outdated instances had triggered statewide protests.  The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena alleged that he had insulted the icons of Maharashtra and was in opposition to the “Marathi manoos”.

Dubbing him “biased”, the Opposition had organised a protest in opposition to Mr Koshyari final month, demanding that he be faraway from the submit of Governor.