Governor Ram Naik registered his annoyance directly to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over the reported statement by state parliamentary affair minister Mohammad Azan Khan on the Raj Bhawan in the floor of the State Assembly.
Raj Bhawan communiqué confirmed that the governor talked about Khan to the CM when the latter went to the Raj Bhawan to meet him on Saturday evening. The CM reportedly assured the Governor that he will talk to Khan on the matter. The governor is said to have asked the CM to take stringent action against the minister.
The governor has publicly demanded sacking of the minister for his outburst against him for not approving a pending Bill to curtail the powers of the state Mayors. Khan had reportedly alleged that Raj Bhawan is working on the directives of the RSS and the governor is giving patronage to the corrupt Mayors. "A Bill (UP Nagar Nigam Amendment Bill 2015) is pending with the Governor for over one year through which Mayors could be removed for financial irregularities. The Governor has stalled the Bill giving an impression that he is working under influence of a party," Khan had said in the House on March 8.
During the meeting, the governor informed the CM about the reason for not clearing the pending seven Bills including UP Nagar Nigam Amendment Bill 2015 already passed by the State legislature. The governor also asked Yadav to send immediately the names for pending two vacant seats of the State legislative Council. Against the ten vacant seats, Naik had already approved 7 names while name of one Rajpal Kashyap in still pending with the Governor.