IT WAS a nudge from the Centre that led to the resignation of V Shanmuganathan as Meghalaya Governor, two days after he had publicly denied allegations of sexual harassment levelled by Raj Bhavan staff, a senior Home Ministry official told The Indian Express. On Friday, President Pranab Mukherjee accepted Shanmuganathan’s resignation as Governor of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. A veteran RSS activist from Tamil Nadu, Shanmuganathan (68) landed in a controversy when 80 Meghalaya Raj Bhavan employees complained that “his activities (have) hurt the decorum and prestige of the Raj Bhavan as well as sentiments of the Raj Bhavan employees”. On Thursday, The Indian Express had published contents of the letter sent to the Prime Minister’s Office and Rashtrapati Bhavan by the Raj Bhavan staff. The Post quoted him as saying that woman employees of Raj Bhavan were like his “daughters and grand-daughters”.

Source: Indian Express January 27, 2017 23:25 UTC