According to the protocol, if the Vice President and the Prime Minister are not present in the programs in which the President participates, the Haryana government will have to allocate seats to the governors of the respective states next to the President. But the Haryana government is alleging that the protocol was not followed in Dattatreya’s case and this is an insult to him. The Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh Banwarilaar sat next to the President. On the other side of Draupadi Murmu sat the Air Chief Marshal and his wife. Governor Dattatreya was allotted a chair after two seats.
Chandigarh is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. In that case the Haryana Governor will have to sit next to the President. Haryana government became serious about not giving proper respect to Dattatreya. But Haryana Raj Bhavan said that this happened due to a mistake and regarding the protocol they have sent details from Chandigarh to Haryana Raj Bhavan. It was clarified that no one from the Haryana government came to examine the protocol arrangements, so Dattatreya had to sit in the pre-assigned seat.
However, the Haryana government expressed displeasure with the air show organizers’ explanation. Are the officials unaware of the rules of protocol? She asked. It expressed impatience that it was surprising that the state governors were not aware of the protocol. Haryana government has accused that they are behaving like this every time in the case of their government. Due to this, Governor Dattatreya’s protocol affair has led to an uproar in Haryana. It caused a dispute between the central and state governments.
