Margaret Alva's tenure ends Aug 5, Modi govt looks for new Rajasthan, Goa governors
Alva is set to become the only UPA appointee to have completed her tenure in the new NDA regime.
Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva is set to become the only UPA appointee to have completed her tenure in the new NDA regime.
Besides, she grew in stature too after a change in government at the Centre after she was given additional charge of Gujarat and later of Goa which she still holds.
This indicates that the NDA considers her friendly.
Alva completes her term on August 5 and the NDA now has to find a replacement - for Rajasthan as well as Goa - if she is to demit office that very day.
Alva, who was shifted from Uttarakhand to Rajasthan in May 2012, has had an eventful tenure.
She has refused to be a rubber stamp and has been active in asserting her powers to take care of tribal welfare and universities and pointing out flaws of the state government during the Congress regime in Rajasthan.
Even after the BJP came to power in state and the Centre, she wrote to the government pointing out flaws in the Jaipur-Delhi national highway.
Now people want to know his long she will carry on as governor after August 5 if the Centre delays appointing a successor.