Kerala, TN & TS governments up the ante in opposition to Governors

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The governments in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are intensifying their rifts with the governors in opposition to the alleged anti-democratic and anti-Constitutional actions of the latter. All three states are locked in a standoff with the respective governors over pending payments and appointments of vice-chancellors in universities.

The DMK and CPM are additionally taking initiatives to deliver collectively non-BJP events in opposition to the actions of the governors. In Kerala, the friction between the Pinarayi Vijayan-led authorities and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan appears to have reached some extent of no return. A recent row erupted after the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities introduced a protest rally outdoors the Raj Bhavan on November 15 alleging that Khan is attempting to implement the Sangh Parivar’s agenda within the schooling sector.

On Tuesday, the journalists’ union within the state took out a protest march to Raj Bhavan after Khan requested reporters from two Malayalam channels, Kairali and Media One, to go away a press briefing, calling them ‘pro-government’.

The tussle between the federal government and the governor is generally centred across the appointment of vice-chancellors in universities and over the latter’s demand to sack state ministers on what the governments say are flimsy grounds.

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In Telangana, the stress between Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and the Ok Chandrashekar Rao-led TRS authorities appears to have additional escalated after the previous summoned schooling Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy to debate a standard recruitment board for all 15 state universities in tune with UGC guidelines. She additionally demanded the rationale for not filling the vacancies in universities within the final three years. While the federal government is miffed with the governor for not signing essential payments, Raj Bhavan accuses the federal government of not following protocols.

Students’ unions within the state have been protesting in opposition to the governor for not signing the invoice on direct recruitment to instructing and nonteaching posts, besides in medical universities.

In Tamil Nadu too, the ruling DMK is at loggerheads with Governor R N Ravi, and has sought an appointment to satisfy President Droupadi Murmu to submit its petition to hunt his elimination. The DMK was additionally peeved at pending payments and Ravi’s remarks on ‘Sanatan dharma’. The allies of the DMK, together with the CPI(M) and the Congress, stated that the governor is attempting to create confusion within the state by echoing the BJP’s stand on coverage issues and different points.

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NEW DELHI: The governments in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are intensifying their rifts with the governors in opposition to the alleged anti-democratic and anti-Constitutional actions of the latter. All three states are locked in a standoff with the respective governors over pending payments and appointments of vice-chancellors in universities.

The DMK and CPM are additionally taking initiatives to deliver collectively non-BJP events in opposition to the actions of the governors. In Kerala, the friction between the Pinarayi Vijayan-led authorities and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan appears to have reached some extent of no return. A recent row erupted after the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities introduced a protest rally outdoors the Raj Bhavan on November 15 alleging that Khan is attempting to implement the Sangh Parivar’s agenda within the schooling sector.

On Tuesday, the journalists’ union within the state took out a protest march to Raj Bhavan after Khan requested reporters from two Malayalam channels, Kairali and Media One, to go away a press briefing, calling them ‘pro-government’.

The tussle between the federal government and the governor is generally centred across the appointment of vice-chancellors in universities and over the latter’s demand to sack state ministers on what the governments say are flimsy grounds.

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In Telangana, the stress between Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and the Ok Chandrashekar Rao-led TRS authorities appears to have additional escalated after the previous summoned schooling Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy to debate a standard recruitment board for all 15 state universities in tune with UGC guidelines. She additionally demanded the rationale for not filling the vacancies in universities within the final three years. While the federal government is miffed with the governor for not signing essential payments, Raj Bhavan accuses the federal government of not following protocols.

Students’ unions within the state have been protesting in opposition to the governor for not signing the invoice on direct recruitment to instructing and nonteaching posts, besides in medical universities.

In Tamil Nadu too, the ruling DMK is at loggerheads with Governor R N Ravi, and has sought an appointment to satisfy President Droupadi Murmu to submit its petition to hunt his elimination. The DMK was additionally peeved at pending payments and Ravi’s remarks on ‘Sanatan dharma’. The allies of the DMK, together with the CPI(M) and the Congress, stated that the governor is attempting to create confusion within the state by echoing the BJP’s stand on coverage issues and different points.

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