Does Indian states really require the positions of Governors ?" These are just ceremonial posts created to occupy the Raj Bhavans causing reckless waste of tax payer's money.
These positions are used by Political parties ruling the central Government to award their loyal partymen or bureaucrat after retirement with huge emoluments who would dance to their tunes and salvage their own party run Governments at the states or if the state is ruled by opposition party to create roadblocks in functioning of that state. The recent example is Goa governor S.C. Jamir's violation of the Constitution and elementary democratic norms through his utterly improper decision to prorogue the state Assembly abruptly, at a time when it was about to take up the appropriation bill. In the process this biased politician Governor have become illicit accomplice of this discreditable act. Though he has succeeded in his great task of saving collapse of congress Government by prorogating the house he has inflicted dishonour and disgrace on himself and the constitutional position he holds. His preemptive action to take advice from a minority Government is a slap on the face of democracy and a hideous display of political partisanship of the meanest kind ably aided and abetted by the Congress High Command in New Delhi. The Governor has played the role of Congress protector with consummate skill with the connivance of fraudulent and opportunist Goa Congress which has reputation of over ambitious, corrupt and defector politicians which has become a bane in Congress culture of politics. Vinay