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Karnataka governor lambastes BJP, says needs
no lesson on cow slaughter
Sunday, September 12, 2010 03:18:40 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
In a rare instance of a constitutional authority referring to his
caste to hit back at critics, Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj
Sunday told the state's BJP government that he was Brahmin and
didn't need to be told about cow protection.
"I am a Brahmin. I need not learn from anybody about cow
protection," Bhardwaj said, slamming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
ministers attacking him for not giving his assent to a bill
banning cow slaughter and forwarding it to President Pratibha
Patil for a decision.
Several ministers and state BJP chief K.S. Eshwarappa have been
criticising Bhardwaj for not assenting to the bill and had
organised a state-wide demonstration last week to press Patil for
early nod to the legislation.
Bhardwaj also took exception to BJP ministers attacking him for
rejecting the government's recommendation to release a group of
criminals on the basis of their good conduct.
"Ministers are giving many statements (against me). This is gross
indiscipline. I don't like this," the governor told reporters
here.
"I am not an outsider. I am the head of this government. It is my
duty to see this government functions according to the
constitution," he said referring to the anti-cow slaughter bill.
"If there is no problem I give assent. If there is a problem it is
referred to the president. There is no shortcut when it comes to
constitutional matters. If they want shortcut, I will not allow
it," Bhardwaj asserted.
On the release of convicts for good conduct, he said: "I cannot
function arbitrarily. How can criminals pressurize the governor?"
The government had recommended release of around 590 life convicts
across the state on the occasion of Independence Day on the ground
of good conduct. They had gone on hunger strike after the governor
did not agree to their release.
Bhardwaj had rejected the recommendation citing several court
judgements on the issue of release of life convicts.
"Do you want the governor to get strictures from the court?"
State Prisons and Horticulture Minister Umesh Katti, criticizing
the governor for not accepting the recommendation, has been saying
that the government will approach the president, which has angered
Bhardwaj.
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