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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who’s engaged in a confrontation with the federal government over alleged political interference in college affairs, educated his weapons on Chief of the Opposition VD Satheesan after the Congress chief criticised his actions as Chancellor.

Satheesan had stated that the Governor didn’t have the proper to suggest conferring of DLitt diploma on the President. He had additionally accused Khan of misusing his place as Chancellor. “Legally, he (Khan) continues to be the Chancellor. When the Excessive Court docket sends a discover, what proper does the Governor should say that he is not going to settle for it? It’s clear that the Governor is favouring the federal government,” Satheesan stated.

The Governor stated it was the opposition chief who was near the ruling dispensation. “He (Satheesan) is extra near the federal government. As an alternative of being extra loyal than the king, he can verify with the king himself,” the Governor stated, in what was additionally seen as a jibe at Pinarayi Vijayan who heads the federal government. Requested additional about Satheesan feedback, the Governor learn out from a notepad in Malayalam that it doesn’t benefit a reply.

“That is all I can say about questions which can be rooted in whole ignorance,” the Governor stated. He additionally reprimanded Satheesan for indulging in “irresponsible behaviour” resulting from ignorance of regulation and lack of respect to the Structure. Earlier, the Governor stated in Kochi that the federal government may convene a particular session of the state meeting and move a regulation designating the Chief Minister as Chancellor of state universities. He stated he was additionally prepared to signal an Ordinance to this impact. Following the Governor’s scathing retort, Satheesan as soon as once more joined subject and accused Khan of being afraid of the chief minister.

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KOCHI: The controversy over whether or not the federal government engineered a veto of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s proposal to confer honorary DLitt on President Ram Nath Kovind refused to die down with Khan on Sunday saying the workplace of the Governor and President shouldn’t be mentioned “in a light-weight method.”

Khan, who neither confirmed nor denied whether or not he had made such a advice to the Kerala College vice-chancellor, advised reporters in Kochi that he couldn’t react to ignorant statements (on the matter). His phrases drew rebuke from Opposition Chief VD Satheesan, who stated the governor’s workplace was not above criticism.

Khan, who was in Kochi to welcome Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu – who’s on a three-day go to to town – stated, “So far as making any advice (on DLitt to the President) is worried, I am the chancellor. It is as much as the college or the chancellor to touch upon it. I am unable to react to ignorant statements. The Structure makes it binding on us to respect nationwide symbols and nationwide establishments. The President and Governor are thought-about nationwide establishments. Please train some discretion. Don’t make the places of work a topic of debate in a light-weight method.”

Nonetheless, Satheesan stated the governor was not above criticism. “I am not saying the President shouldn’t be conferred with DLitt. I am saying if the governor made such a advice, it ought to have been executed by means of a correct proposal to the VC. The syndicate would have been pressured to take up the matter. Conferring DLitt on the President just isn’t one thing that ought to have been advised to the VC in personal,” he stated. 

BJP state president Okay Surendran attacked Satheesan saying the Opposition chief was behaving like a member of the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s cupboard. “There may be an unholy nexus between the state authorities and the principal Opposition. The CM and the Opposition chief are focusing on the governor,” he stated.

Governor ought to make clear: CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan stated it’s the prerogative of the Kerala College to resolve whom it ought to confer DLitt on. He stated that the varsity has not conferred the uncommon educational title on any president.

“The Congress is the one saying the governor made the advice. It’s as much as him to make clear whether or not he proposed it and if the current problem is a results of the varsity not listening to him,” he stated.

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after Governor Arif Mohammed Khan hinted that there have been some severe points between him and the state authorities, Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala requested the Governor to make clear whether or not he had advisable conferring the Kerala College’s honorary D.Litt on President Ram Nath Kovind.

Chennithala alleged that the advice of the chancellor was rejected by the vice chancellor as per the instructions of the LDF authorities and this is likely to be the explanation behind the worsening of the connection between Governor and the federal government.

On Thursday, whereas chatting with reporters at Sivagiri, Khan mentioned he knew sure severe issues that even have an effect on the dignity of the nation however he did not need to talk about them.

Asking six inquiries to Khan and the federal government over the current disputes between them, he sought a reply on the earliest to clear doubts prevailing amongst folks relating to this. Chennithala additionally requested the Governor to disclose all of the details behind the problem.

He requested underneath what statute the vice chancellor had handed over the chancellor’s advice on the D.Litt to the federal government and whether or not he had submitted it to the college syndicate and the senate for approval as per the process. He alleged that the LDF authorities was unduly interfering within the affairs of universities.  

On December 8, Governor Khan wrote a pointy letter to CM Pinarayi Vijayan asking him to deliver an ordinance to take away him because the Chancellor of Universities. The reappointment of Gopinath Raveendran as Kannur College VC appeared to have triggered the Governor’s protest.

Khan achieved the uncommon feat just lately by qualifying for his second occasion — large slalom — a month after reserving his first Winter Olympics ticket in alpine snowboarding slalom class in an Olympic qualifier in Dubai.

The information was confirmed by his promoter JSW Sports activities.

JSW-supported Alpine skier Arif Khan, who had earlier earned a provisional quota for the Slalom occasion on the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now certified for the Big Slalom occasion as effectively. ??#BetterEveryday ???? #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/Ua6EfIRJ65

— JSW Sports activities (@jswsports) December 29, 2021

“JSW-supported Alpine skier Arif Khan who had earlier earned a provisional quota for the slalom occasion on the 2022 Winter Olympics, has now certified for the large slalom occasion as effectively.

“For the primary time in historical past, an Indian shall be competing in two totally different occasions on the Winter Olympics,” JSW Sports activities wrote in a fb publish on Wednesday evening.

Whereas India was represented by two athletes — Jagdish Singh (cross nation snowboarding) and Shiva Keshavan (luge) — within the 2018 Winter Video games, Khan is the one individual to have certified for the 2022 Winter Video games to date.

Khan is knowledgeable alpine skier from north Kashmir’s Tangmarg and has certified for big slalom occasion at Kolasin, Montenegro just lately. He has represented India in additional than 100 ski occasions held internationally and has been present process coaching in Europe for essentially the most a part of this yr.

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Governor Arif Mohammed Khan will move the Excessive Court docket discover served on him concerning the enchantment in Kannur College vice-chancellor appointment row to the state authorities. The discover on the enchantment within the division bench headed by Chief Justice S Manikumar was served on the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday. 

Talking to reporters right here on the sidelines of an occasion, Khan stated he hasn’t been the chancellor of universities since December 8. He was referring to the letter he had despatched to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, urging him to herald an ordinance to take away the governor as chancellor of universities and assign the function to the chief minister.   

“Concerning recordsdata of college affairs, I’ve instructed my workplace to move all these to the federal government. This discover may even be handled like that,” Khan replied to queries by journalists. The discover to the chancellor was issued by the Excessive Court docket on December 17 and the case can be thought-about subsequent month. 

The discover was issued on an enchantment filed by Kannur College senate member Premachandran Keezhoth and educational council member Shino P Jose, difficult an earlier order of the Excessive Court docket single bench which upheld the reappointment of Dr Gopinath Ravindran because the vice-chancellor by Arif Mohammed Khan because the chancellor of universities.  

Governor’s declare won’t stand authorized scrutiny, say consultants

In keeping with authorized consultants, the stand of the governor that he’s not the chancellor and therefore wouldn’t be accountable to reply to the court docket received’t stand authorized scrutiny. “The one query is who the chancellor who had authorized the appointment and signed the order. Even when the chancellor relinquishes the put up later, the onus of the choice taken throughout his tenure is on him.

So, the governor must reply to the HC discover,” stated a senior official on situation of anonymity. The governor’s choice to relinquish the put up adopted strain exerted by the federal government to reappoint Gopinath Ravindran as Kannur College VC. Greater Training Minister R Bindu, who’s the prochancellor, wrote a letter recommending Gopinath. The governor who signed the order later instructed the media that he did that beneath duress, and he was relinquishing the chancellor’s put up as he couldn’t proceed like this.