P.D.T. Achary
Former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha with deep experience in parliamentary procedure and constitutional practice, offering institutional perspective on governors and legislative processes.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 4min
Should the Governor's address be scrapped?
Alok Prasanna Kumar, a legal policy expert on constitutional design, and P.D.T. Achary, a former Lok Sabha Secretary General with deep parliamentary experience, debate governors' duties under Articles 163, 175 and 176. They discuss walkouts and edits to inaugural speeches, whether the address is a colonial relic, limits on gubernatorial discretion, impeachment safeguards, and institutional fixes to align incentives.
