V. Shanmuganathan

V. Shanmuganathan

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  • Name:
  • V. Shanmuganathan
  • Born:
  • November 21, 1949

V. Shanmuganathan Biography

V. Shanmuganathan is an Indian administrator and politician from Tamil Nadu who served as the Governor of Meghalaya, in office from 2015 to 26 January 2017. He also held an additional charge as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh during 14 September 2016 – 27 January 2017. He had to resign from both these posts following sexual harassment allegations. He was also alleged for hiring only women. Nearly 100 members of his staff alleged in a letter to Prime Minister that he had "compromised the dignity" of the Governor's House and turned it into a "young ladies club", following which he had to resign. He has early served as 17th Governor of Manipur during 30 September 2015 – 21 August 2016.

 

V. Shanmuganathan was born on 21 November 1949 in Thanjavur, Madras State, present day Tamil Nadu. He completed his Master’s and MPhil in Political Science, and was a recipient of University gold medal in the year 1970. He completed his studies from University of Madras. He has been an RSS Pracharak during his younger days, starting his political association with BJP. As an administrator, he has served as governor for three North-East states since 2015, before he had to step down following the scandals.

 

A victim, aligned to be molested by the 67-year old governor complained to a local journalist in December 2016. The woman had gone to him for the post of Public Relations Officer. Protests by civil society groups erupted on the streets of Shillong during the republic eve celebrations. After a row of incidents, including the scandals he was forced to resign from the governor post of two north-east states in January 2017.

Published: July 20, 2018

Updated: July 20, 2018

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