After serious orders from PMO on UPA led governors today Governor of the Manipur, Vinod Kumar Duggal has tendered his resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee today afternoon.The Governor-in-charge of Manipur is to be held by the incumbent Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya, a source from the BJP State chapter informed IFP from the capital.
It may be mentioned that the resignation came after the BJP earlier made their stance clear that the UPA appointed Governors would have to go.The Governor of Maharashtra, K Sankaranarayana, another UPA appointee resigned on Sunday last after getting his transfer order to Mizoram.Former Delhi Chief Minister and Governor of Kerala, Sheila Dikshit resigned on Tuesday.The resignation of VK Duggal is the third in a span of a week.
Currently the count is reached to nine totally since NDA took power.
