Four governors quit after Advani8217;s prod

Kapoor8217;s appointment is the first in a series of gubernatorial changes likely to be carried out by the BJP-led coalition at the Centre.

Khanna tendered his resignation to the President this evening apparently after getting wind that Kapoor8217;s name as his successor has been cleared.He had become Delhi8217;s Lt Governor, replacing P K Dave, days after he had retired as Union CommerceSecretary.

In Mizoram, Mukherjee, who sent in his resignation to the President, said he resigned as he felt he should not continue in the post after Advani8217;s comments he had seen and heard on television yesterday.

Reacting to the news of the Governor8217;s vacating the post, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalthanhawla described the statement made by Advani at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi yesterday as disrespect to constitutional propriety. Advani had said new Governors would be appointed in the next two days in six states 8212; Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh 8212; where the term of the incumbents had already expired. Apart from the review of appointment of Goa and Mizoram Governors, the Home Minister had hinted at change of Governors in one or two states.

Commenting on Mukherjee8217;s resignation, Lalthanwala said it is an irreparable loss to the people of the State. He also said that the Governor was an experienced person who had earlier servedthe people of the country in different capacities and gathered vast experience in the service of the people.