Embattled Arunachal Pradesh Governor JP Rajkhowa on Wednesday defended his actions of advancing Assembly session and fixing its agenda, claiming that the CM and the Speaker were “hand-in-glove” and trying to remain in power despite losing majority, even as the Supreme Court observed that he cannot take away the House’s discretion on the basis of “mere apprehension”. Terming the political situation in the “sensitive border” state as “chronic and chaotic”, Rajkhowa’s counsel said, “the Speaker (Nabam Rebia) was under the clout and was hand-in-glove with the Chief Minister (Nabam Tuki).