Kochi: Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan challenged Kerala's Left government to hold their march when he is in Raj Bhavan so that he can have a public debate. "Don't hold the CPI(M) march on November 15. Hold it on a day when I am in the Raj Bhavan. I will come there. Let's have a public debate."
He added that due to the ongoing issue between the ruling government of the state and the governor, "vice-chancellors are being stopped from performing their duty and law and order issues are being created." Khan claimed he is being threatened with dire consequences.
The CPI(M) secretary MV Govindan on Sunday announced that the party will organise a massive protest in front of Raj Bhavan along with other left parties. It is a protest against the governor alleging him of sitting over bills for a long time.
"The government has sought legal opinion over the governor sitting over various bills and his attempts to unseat a majority of vice-chancellors in the state. Governor is not allowed to hold the bills for a long time. We will move to any extent to fight this uncertainty," said the CPI(M) leader.
Governor alleged that Kerala's government has initiated the process of collapse of constitutional machinery. " I would urge them to go ahead, create more problems, barge into the Raj Bhavan if they have the guts, and attack me on the road. Chief minister says that he doesn't know who I am, I know who he is. He is the one who tried to free a man who was charged with murder but was forced to return after an officer pointed a gun at him," said he said in Kochi.
He also claimed the state government has not been able to produce any instance of his interference in its administration. "They said I am interfering in the administration, I say I will resign if they produce one instance. Have they come forward with any? Every one of you knows that they try to control Raj Bhavan. Who are they to tell me who I should appoint?"
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan further said Kerala has a system of "oligarchy" and it is evident from the incidents of party cadres being appointed to government jobs. "People are now asking them if all the jobs in Kerala are reserved for CPIM cadres. Are university jobs only for powerful people in Trivandrum? They are going to people because this question is being raised in every home now."