With regional parties struggling to project a unified Opposition in Parliament, and no leader in Delhi able to mediate, Centre-state tensions are playing out as open conflict.
Council of Ministers approved text criticising governor for delay in passing Bills & Centre for withholding state share of tax. But, Governor says govt went back on agreement to drop 'half truths'.
Governor Arlekar’s directive to state universities to observe 14 August as ‘Partition Horror Day’ has sparked political backlash amid already strained ties with state government.
Both UDF & LDF claim Arlekar is trying to convert Raj Bhavan into 'RSS office' by insisting on paying tribute to Bharat Mata holding saffron flag, widely used symbol of nationalism by Sangh.
Latest episode comes just weeks after Agriculture Minister P Prasad boycotted another Raj Bhavan event on World Environment Day objecting to presence of Bharat Mata portrait.
Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad boycotted the event, saying that the picture displayed at the Raj Bhavan is typically used by the RSS in its functions.
Mumbai's Malabar Hill Raj Bhavan was essentially the Buckingham Palace of the East. Running these are like looking after a white elephant: with a budget worth crores.
Arif Mohammed Khan has had frequent run-ins with Pinarayi Vijayan govt in Kerala over issues like vice-chancellor appointments & 'delaying' key bills. Excerpts from an exclusive interview.
Tensions between Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Kerala government began soon after he entered the Raj Bhawan in 2019, with one spat leading to another ever since.
Ordinance removing Kerala governor as chancellor of state universities will lapse unless passed in assembly. Governor Khan himself had suggested the move to CM Vijayan in 2021.
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In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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