Why in news?  The Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, has dismissed V. Senthilbalaji, a Minister in the Council of Ministers, without  consent of the council of ministers highlights the issue of pleasure of the governor

Highlights:

• This unprecedented act of dismissing a Minister of a government that enjoys an absolute majority in the State legislature, without the recommendation of the Chief Minister of the State, will be a dangerous precedent
• It will also have the potential to destabilise State governments putting the federal system in jeopardy