Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit on Monday met President Pranab Mukherjee and home minister Rajnath Singh amid speculations that she may tender her resignation. Dikshit’s meetings came a day after her Maharashtra counterpart K Sankaranarayanan quit, protesting against his transfer to Mizoram. Five UPA-appointed Governors have already resigned after being nudged to do so by the NDA government.
During her 15-minute meeting with the home minister, Dikshit is understood to have discussed her continuation in the Thiruvananthapuram Raj Bhavan, sources said. But details of the discussion are not known.
‘These are all rumours,’ she told reporters, after her meeting with the home minister, when asked whether she would resign as Kerala Governor. Dikshit is said to have refused to quit after the NDA government had allegedly nudged her to resign. Meanwhile, when asked by reporters whether she will resign, Dikshit refused to give a direct answer. ‘You will know when I take any such decision,’ she told a news agency.
During her 15-minute meeting with the home minister, Dikshit is understood to have discussed her continuation in the Thiruvananthapuram Raj Bhavan, sources said. But details of the discussion are not known.
‘These are all rumours,’ she told reporters, after her meeting with the home minister, when asked whether she would resign as Kerala Governor. Dikshit is said to have refused to quit after the NDA government had allegedly nudged her to resign. Meanwhile, when asked by reporters whether she will resign, Dikshit refused to give a direct answer. ‘You will know when I take any such decision,’ she told a news agency.