Rahul Gandhi Says Centre Using Governors To Target Non-BJP Governments

Rahul Gandhi also claimed that the Centre had no right to hold back the State's share of the GST and that the sum should be given to States at the right time.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre of 'using' the offices of the Governors to target the non-BJP ruled States in the country and claimed that it was pursuing its agenda of thrusting one-nation, one language policy on the country. 

Mr Gandhi, who entered the State from Kerala, nearly 22 days after launching the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Kanyakumari, alleged that Governors were being used to "topple" the opposition ruled States.

"Why should Governors have right to interfere in opposition ruled States? Are they elected by the people?" he asked while addressing a mammoth rally in Tamil Nadu's Gudalur this evening.

The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has been at loggerheads with Governor R N Ravi over several issues, including its Anti-NEET bill, seeking to exempt the state's students from the ambit of the entrance test.