Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and a number of other different ministers of the state on Friday boycotted the ‘At Residence’ reception hosted by the state Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on the event of the seventy fifth Republic Day.
Kerala’s Chief Secretary Dr V Venu and Director Common of Police (DGP) Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb additionally stayed away from the VVIP occasion. The Principal Secretary of the Common Administration Division, KR Jyothilal, attended the occasion on behalf of the federal government.
Earlier within the day, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan attended the Republic Day celebrations at Central Stadium. Nonetheless, the duo didn’t greet one another.
On Thursday, January 25, amid a rift with the Kerala authorities, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan learn solely the final paragraph of his coverage deal with, ready by the federal government, through the state Meeting session.
In his speech, he additionally took a dig on the authorities by saying that “higher education institutions should be autonomous and free from outside interference”.
He additionally mentioned that as a society, folks shouldn’t permit group rivalries or inner struggles for energy to have an effect on governance and cooperative federalism.
“It requires support from all stakeholders including the states of the union,” he mentioned in his deal with.
Notably, the state authorities and governor have been at odds over numerous points, together with pending payments and appointments.