: Kerala: LDF convenor demands removal of Governors post from state #IndiaNEWS #India Kannur: Amid the ongoing tussle between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan,

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Kannur: Amid the ongoing tussle between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Left Democratic Front convenor EP Jayarajan on Saturday questioned the governors stand and said the post should be removed from the state immediately.
His remarks came while addressing the media in Kannur.
Jayarajan alleged that the governor of Kerala is in a post that has nothing special and one can say anything.
Kerala Governor is contaminating the democratic sense and cultural sense of Kerala for someone and according to someones interests. He is raising the incidents which happened months ago. The post of the governor should be removed from the state, said Jayarajan.
He slammed the governor and said, Where was the governor till now? Earlier, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said that all the appointments in the universities will be made on the basis of merit and he will not give the authority to appoint vice-chancellors to the state government as it amounts to executive interference.
Everything will be considered on merit. The government cannot be given the power to appoint Vice Chancellors. I am saying it clearly, this will amount to executive interference, said Khan said on the matter of the University Laws Amendment Bill.
The Chief Minister (Pinarayi Vijayan) had written to me assuring me that there will be no interference and now they are proposing that they will appoint Vice-Chancellor. That would mean the erosion of autonomy of educational institutions, the Governor added mentioning that as long as he remains in power, he wont let universities autonomy erode.
As long as I am here, I wont allow the erosion of the autonomy of universities, he said. He also mentioned that underqualified and unqualified people cannot be appointed just because they are associated with the CM.
Underqualified and unqualified people, because they belong to the personal staff of the Chief Minister, cannot be allowed to be appointedThe institutions belong to Kerala, not to the ones dressed in little brief authority, he added.
The University Laws Amendment Bill, which aims to curtail the power of the Governor in the selection of vice-chancellors, was passed by the Kerala government this month. Since then, the bill has been pending before the Governor.
Khan further alleged that the office of the Governor was being denigrated and demeaned and said that every trick was used to pressure him and threaten him with an attempt on his life.
When they tried to make a physical attack on me at Kannur, this was a conspiracy. And the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University was used to ensure that I was present there, so that they could attack me, he said.
If some higher authority prevents the police from taking legal action was it an act of favouritism? Or that person was part of a conspiracy? Khan added.

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