A day after President Droupadi Murmu changed Kerala governor Arif Muhammad Khan with Rajendra Arlekar, the ruling CPI(M) and opposition BJP took contrasting positions on Khan’s five-year controversial tenure.
Khan, who took cost because the governor of the southern state on September 6, 2019, was appointed the governor of Bihar on Tuesday. Arlekar, the outgoing Bihar governor, will take Khan’s place in Kerala.
The CPI(M) on Wednesday stated that it hoped that Arlekar would observe constitutional paradigms and work in collaboration with the state authorities not like Khan who took a special route.
CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan informed reporters, “Governor Khan in his tenure took wholly unconstitutional choices. By delaying assent to Payments handed by the meeting and by ignoring the orders of the Supreme Courtroom and sending these payments to the President, the governor’s actions had been seen and reviewed by Kerala as unconstitutional.”
He stated sections of the media tried to whitewash the actions of the governor by portraying him as a extremely revered determine with extensive public approval. He accused governor Khan of implementing the agenda of the Sangh Parivar via unconstitutional actions.
On the similar time, he stated the get together is not going to have pre-conceived notions concerning the new governor though he’s additionally a “BJP/RSS appointee”. “The brand new governor should work in collaboration with the state authorities and observe the constitutional beliefs,” he stated.
In the meantime, BJP state chief Okay Surendran praised governor Khan’s tenure and accused the state authorities of partaking in efforts to manage universities and move legal guidelines by turning the meeting right into a mute spectator.
Responding to Govindan’s expenses, Surendran stated, “It’s the Pinarayi Vijayan authorities which has administered the state by subverting the Structure and its ideas. Governor Khan carried out his constitutional powers as a way to counter chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan who was trying to achieve full management over universities within the state.”
He additional stated: “The Supreme Courtroom has made it clear that the chancellor is the ultimate authority over the administration of universities. However CPM tried to insert political appointees in universities.”
“The opposite problem was that the federal government received a invoice handed within the meeting to throttle the powers of the Lokayukta. The governor naturally withheld his assent to such payments that had been handed by blowing away all constitutional ideas. Due to this fact, it’s straightforward to know the anger of the CPI(M) in the direction of governor Khan. Over the past 5 years, the CPM and the chief minister needed to give solutions to many questions,” he added.
