• Under Article 155 and 156, Governor is appointed by President and holds office during pleasure of President.
• If this pleasure is withdrawn before completion of five-year term, Governor has to step down.
• There are no provisions laid down in Constitution for the manner in which Governor and state must engage publicly when there is a difference of opinion.
• Sakaria Commission on appointment of governor :
  • While selecting Governors, the Central Government should adopt the following strict guidelines as recommended in the Sarkaria Commission report and follow its mandate in letter and spirit: � He should be eminent in some walk of life � He should be a person from outside the state � He should be a detached figure and not too intimately connected with the local politics of the states � He should be a person who has not taken too great a part in politics generally and particularly in the recent past