Tussles with the governments of Kerala and different states reignite outdated debates over the governor’s function in India’s federal construction
New Delhi,ISSUE DATE: Nov 14, 2022 | UPDATED: Nov 4, 2022 20:49 IST
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan (black waistcoat) with Leader Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (in white); (Photograph: ANI)
It’s a second of deja vu for Kerala. Long ago in 1959, the state govt, then led by way of CPI (and later CPI(M)) stalwart E.M.S. Namboodiripad, used to be at loggerheads with Governor B.R. Rao over, amongst a number of different issues, an schooling invoice that aimed to introduce positive reforms within the personal schooling sector. The governor used to be unwilling to offer his assent to the contentious invoice, which had confronted resistance from a number of organisations and power teams. The tussle sooner or later resulted in the dismissal of the Namboodiripad govt and imposition of President’s rule within the state. Greater than six many years later, the southern state has been witnessing a identical tussle between the Left Democratic Entrance (LDF) govt led by way of Pinarayi Vijayan and the present occupant of the Raj Bhavan—Arif Mohammad Khan. The bone of competition this time, too, is the schooling sector, extra particularly the appointment of vice-chancellors within the 13 universities run by way of the Kerala govt.
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Aditya Mohan Wig
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Nov 4, 2022