BHUBANESWAR: Bihar governor Satya Pal Malik received further rate of Odisha as incumbent S C Jamir finished his five-year term on Tuesday.
"President Kovind directs Shri Satya Pal Malik, governor of Bihar, to discharge the functions of governor of Odisha, in addition to his own duties, following the completion of the tenure of Shri S C Jamir," tweeted the President's office.
Sources mentioned Malik would take over from Wednesday. Appointed governor of Bihar in September closing yr, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Aligarh in 1989. He was additionally a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh all through 1980-86 and 1986-1992.
Jamir, 87, executed his gubernatorial duties with out fanfare. However, he made information when he refused to k the Odisha Police Bill, 2015, which envisioned mounted phrases for the DGP and different key police posts and which was passed by means of the meeting in August that yr within the absence of any opposition member. The MLAs of Congress and BJP had staged a walkout to protest against the arguable bill.
The governor refused to provide his assent after Congress submitted a memorandum to him, announcing it will be undemocratic to pass the bill within the absence of the opposition. It is yet to be reintroduced within the meeting.
Jamir additionally returned the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016, passed by means of the meeting in September 2016. He had requested the federal government to rethink provisions of the bill. This bill, too, is yet to be reintroduced.
A five-time chief minister of Nagaland, Jamir has been governor of Maharashtra (2008-2010) and Goa (2004-2008), besides holding further rate of Gujarat (July-November 2009).
"President Kovind directs Shri Satya Pal Malik, governor of Bihar, to discharge the functions of governor of Odisha, in addition to his own duties, following the completion of the tenure of Shri S C Jamir," tweeted the President's office.
Sources mentioned Malik would take over from Wednesday. Appointed governor of Bihar in September closing yr, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Aligarh in 1989. He was additionally a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh all through 1980-86 and 1986-1992.
Jamir, 87, executed his gubernatorial duties with out fanfare. However, he made information when he refused to k the Odisha Police Bill, 2015, which envisioned mounted phrases for the DGP and different key police posts and which was passed by means of the meeting in August that yr within the absence of any opposition member. The MLAs of Congress and BJP had staged a walkout to protest against the arguable bill.
The governor refused to provide his assent after Congress submitted a memorandum to him, announcing it will be undemocratic to pass the bill within the absence of the opposition. It is yet to be reintroduced within the meeting.
Jamir additionally returned the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016, passed by means of the meeting in September 2016. He had requested the federal government to rethink provisions of the bill. This bill, too, is yet to be reintroduced.
A five-time chief minister of Nagaland, Jamir has been governor of Maharashtra (2008-2010) and Goa (2004-2008), besides holding further rate of Gujarat (July-November 2009).
Bihar governor Satya Pal Malik gets additional charge of state
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