Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15: In the second half of 2022, it was a battle royale in Kerala between the pinnacle of the state Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and head of the federal government Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
There have been occasions when all ranges of political decency have been breached when the combat between the 2 crossed the permissible borders.
Why this occurred is now a matter of debate. Both come from sturdy political backgrounds and therefore it become an ego problem. The saving grace now’s that with the New Year, there appears to be some respite because the ‘weapons’ of those seasoned veterans have fallen silent.
While Vijayan who’s the final phrase in each the federal government and the CPI-M has not crossed the Kerala borders, Khan had a bigger canvas proper from the time he entered politics.
Khan began his political profession as a pupil chief and in 1972-73 was the president of Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union.
He, nevertheless, started with a loss when he contested his first legislative meeting election from the Siyana constituency of Bulandshahar on a Bharatiya Kranti Dal ticket.
But in 1977 on the age of 26 he turned a member of the legislative meeting of Uttar Pradesh and has not appeared again since in an eventful political profession.
In 1980 after becoming a member of the Indian National Congress he was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 from Kanpur and 1984 from Bahraich.
Then got here a serious sport changer in Khan’s political profession when in 1986, he give up the Congress occasion after variations over the passage of the Muslim Personal Law Bill which was piloted by late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi within the Lok Sabha.
Khan was towards the laws to allow Muslim males to keep away from giving their divorced spouse or wives any upkeep after the iddah interval as per the Qur’an and resigned due to variations with Rajiv Gandhi on this problem.
Then Khan joined the Janata Dal and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989.
During the Janata Dal rule Khan served as Union Minister of Civil aviation and Energy.
Then he left the Janata Dal to affix the Bahujan Samaj Party and once more entered the Lok Sabha in 1998 from Bahraich.
Khan held ministerial tasks from 1984 to 1990.
He once more modified his political colors, when in 2004, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election as a BJP candidate that yr from Kaiserganj constituency.
From then on he was in political wilderness and was a shock alternative when in 2019 the Narendra Modi authorities selected him to be the brand new Governor of Kerala.
When Khan arrived in Kerala, Vijayan was at his peak with each the occasion and the federal government firmly below his management. The outgoing governor, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court P. Sathasivam, bowed out after his time period with no skirmishes.
While Khan started on a quiet notice, he took his personal time to check all of the political points, particularly with the state BJP unit again and again complaining concerning the excessive handedness of Vijayan, particularly after his turned the primary sitting authorities to get a second time period.
Khan quickly received into the act and fired the primary salvo when he put his foot down on the appointment of Vijayan’s personal secretary Okay.Okay. Ragesh’s spouse Priya Varghese to a educating job in Kannur University.
And from then on it was a free for all when Khan spoke about political interference by turning universities right into a division of the CPI-M. He began coming down extra closely after the Supreme Court declared the vice-chancellor of Kerala Technological University as void ab inito.
Soon Khan took up this problem with the VCs of 10 different universities and that matter is presently earlier than the court docket.
Vijayan, not the one to lie low, requested the Left Democratic Front to precise their ire towards Khan and assembled earlier than his official residence.
While Vijayan and his cabinet members saved away, all different Left leaders and near a lakh of their cadres assembled to precise their displeasure towards Khan.
Then got here a snub from Vijayan when he and his cabinet members refused to simply accept an invitation to attend Khan’s Christmas occasion and when the CM held one, Khan was not invited.
If that was not sufficient got here a Bill to take away the Governor because the chancellor of universities within the state, however right here Khan stated he is not going to sit in judgement and is predicted to ship the Bill to the president.
And when issues appeared to go uncontrolled, Khan after expressing his displeasure on the return of Saji Cherian as a Minister after resigning in July final yr for his assault on the Constitution, gave his nod that he shall be sworn in on the date mounted by Vijayan. He did that early this month.
In return there was a clampdown from Vijayan, when the state authorities determined to log out the December meeting session, which is able to allow Khan to ship his deal with to the Kerala Assembly, a conference in vogue, in the beginning of a brand new calendar yr.
Incidentally the Congress led opposition performed the ready sport when the 2 clashed and they didn’t lose any alternative to tackle each the titans on the acceptable time.
On one event when Khan slammed the Congress, Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan stated that they needn’t be taught something from a ‘individual’ who has modified greater than half a dozen political events. When Satheesan needs to slam each Khan and Vijayan, his inventory assertion is the 2 are foes when the day breaks and when the solar units, they’re mates and the most recent silence is as a result of Khan despatched a packet of Kashmiri halwa to Vijayan.
But those that have analysed each the lads, say this lull is almost definitely a short lived truce as feathers have been ruffled and each are ready to strike when the iron is sizzling.
So all eyes are on Khan’s deal with to the Assembly on January 23, when the image would turn out to be extra clear on the conflict of the titans.
Momentary truce in Kerala might not maintain as soon as House session begins IANS 15 January 2023 Post Your Comments
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