Who amongst the following appoints the governor of a state in India ?

Under Article 155 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of a State is not an elected office. The Governor is appointed by the President of India, who acts on the aid and advice of the Union Council of Ministers — that is, the Central Government.

Since the appointment of a Governor is an executive act carried out at the Centre, among the options offered here it is the Central Government whose advice determines who is appointed Governor of a State.

• Members of the Legislative Assembly form and elect the State Government and make state laws, but they play no part in appointing the Governor, who is a Union nominee, not a state-elected office.

• Members of Parliament perform Union legislative functions such as law-making and oversight of the government, but the appointment of a Governor is an executive act, not something carried out by legislators.

• The Attorney General is the chief legal advisor to the Union Government and has no constitutional role in selecting or appointing State Governors.