Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet after being sworn in on May 26.
New Delhi:
The roll-call of officials who are being asked by the new government to quit is expanding quickly.
A series of governors of UPA pedigree have received phone calls suggesting they step down. Now, sources say, the Home Ministry has asked the eight members of the National Disaster Management Authority or NDMA to quit.
Anil Goswami, Home Secretary, who phoned a series of governors soliciting their resignation, yesterday placed a similar call to the eight members of the NDMA, said sources.
The Prime Minister is the chairman of the NDMA, which decides national guidelines for the response to earthquakes, floods, landslides and other natural disasters, and ensures that different central and state departments implement these effectively.
The government's attempt to pink-slip governors including Sheila Dikshit has delivered two resignations - that of UP governor BL Joshi and Shekhar Dutt of Chhattisgarh. A series of others, Ms Dikshit among them, are pushing back.
The opposition Congress, which led the UPA coalition that was decimated by the BJP in the national election, says the new government is out of line. It cites a 2010 Supreme Court verdict which said a "change in government at Centre is not a ground for removal of governors holding office to make way for others favoured by the new government."
A series of governors of UPA pedigree have received phone calls suggesting they step down. Now, sources say, the Home Ministry has asked the eight members of the National Disaster Management Authority or NDMA to quit.
Anil Goswami, Home Secretary, who phoned a series of governors soliciting their resignation, yesterday placed a similar call to the eight members of the NDMA, said sources.
The Prime Minister is the chairman of the NDMA, which decides national guidelines for the response to earthquakes, floods, landslides and other natural disasters, and ensures that different central and state departments implement these effectively.
The government's attempt to pink-slip governors including Sheila Dikshit has delivered two resignations - that of UP governor BL Joshi and Shekhar Dutt of Chhattisgarh. A series of others, Ms Dikshit among them, are pushing back.
The opposition Congress, which led the UPA coalition that was decimated by the BJP in the national election, says the new government is out of line. It cites a 2010 Supreme Court verdict which said a "change in government at Centre is not a ground for removal of governors holding office to make way for others favoured by the new government."
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