The
Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following
statement:
The
action of the Maharashtra Governor, Mohammad Fazal, of writing to the political
parties asking them to submit information on pre-poll alliances and other
details two days before the
counting of the Assembly elections is unprecedented. It does not come under the
purview of the Governor’s functions. First
of all, the Governor has no business to seek
such information before the declaration of the results.
Secondly, the Governor’s role, whatever it be, will be determined after
the counting and the nature of the results.
The
President of India should take up
the matter with the Governor for
exceeding his jurisdiction.