Although Governors of the States are appointed by and represent the President of India, it has been a practice in India to choose them from the political leaders of the ruling party.  They are not elected representatives of the people of the state but they hold a term of 5 years from their appointment as per the Constitution of India.  

As the Governors appointed by the previous Government are asked by BJP to resign, some of the Governors protested it.  They challenged the powers of the ruling party for such a demand.

The Union Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu advised the politically appointed Governors during UPA Government to leave gracefully and not to make an issue of it.  He reminded that in 2004, the UPA Government removed Governors appointed in NDA Government without asking them to resign.

When asked by the media representatives about stopping political appointment of the State Governors by NDA Government, Venkaiah Naidu said that there is no such mandate in the country at present.  If the country decides that the political appointment of Governors should be stopped then the BJP Government will follow it.

However, Venkaiah Naidu advises that the issue should not be controversial.  A voluntary and respectable way of making an exit is to resign showing dignity.  He says that since they are not elected representatives asking them to resign is not against constitution. 

Whatever may be the tradition, one has to accept that selecting the Governors from the political field and making them appointed by the President may be bent to fit in the constitution but it shows the need felt by the political party formed Union Government to have its representatives in all the states irrespective of whether it is in power in that state or not.

-SriJa