"Don't Think Have Been Punished": Maharashtra Ex-Governor On Court Rebuke
NDTV
Bhagat Singh Koshyari said he had done what he felt was right at the time, and that it was the job of journalists and lawyers to discuss the Supreme Court's decision.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the former governor of Maharashtra, on Thursday, dodged questions about the lacerating criticism from the Supreme Court for ordering then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove his majority in the assembly amid a mutiny in his Shiv Sena party last June.
The 80-year-old former BJP member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) veteran, who served as Maharashtra governor from 2019 to this February, said he had great respect for the top court but did not think he had been punished by it after the Supreme Court ruled that he had acted illegally in the face-off.
Speaking with NDTV, Mr Koshyari did not express any regret about his decision, which contributed to the collapse of the three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Mr Thackeray and the formation of a new government by Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena faction, backed by the BJP.
"I have resigned from the post of governor and I don't think they have given any punishment to the former governor," Mr Koshyari said. "Had (SC) given the sentence, I would have appealed."
