<P> In the late 1990s, President K.R. Narayanan introduced explaining to the nation (by means of Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqués), the thinking that led to the various decisions he took while exercising his discretionary powers; this has led to openness and transparency in the functioning of the president . </P> <P> The constitution gives the president the power to return a bill unsigned but it circumscribes the power to send it back only once for reconsideration . If the parliament sends back the bill with or without changes, the president is obliged to sign it . In mid-2006, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam sent back a controversial bill regarding the exclusion of certain offices from the scope of' offices of profit', the holding of which would disqualify a person from being a member of parliament . The combined opposition, the NDA, hailed the move . The UPA chose to send the bill back to the president without any changes and, after 17 days, Kalam gave his assent on 18 August 2006 . </P> <P> Arunachal Pradesh governor who was earlier appointed by the ruling party at the centre, has been sacked by the president after the supreme court has quashed his unconstitutional acts . </P> <P> There are two living former Indian presidents: </P>

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