The CPI(M) on Tuesday accused Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi of advancing the political objectives of the BJP.
Coming down heavily on Khan, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said, the Kerala Governor is attempting to destabilise the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in the State.
Addressing a press conference after the two day long central committee meeting, Yechury said that Khan is crossing all limits and his actions have no sanction of the Constitution.
"The CPI(M) Central Committee strongly denounced the steps being taken by the governor of Kerala to advance the political objectives of the BJP to destabilise the LDF Government. The manner in which he demanded the resignation of theVice-Chancellors of various Universities in the southern State and later, the resignation of the state finance minister, has no sanction of the Indian Constitution. "The Governor, in his capacity as the Chancellor of the universities in the state, has no authority given by the University Acts passed by the state legislature to initiate such actions," he said, adding that the steps taken by the Governor target Kerala's secular, democratic and scientific higher education system to "facilitate the promotion of the Hindutva ideological agenda and control higher education". He said the Left party will discuss the issue of Governors with all the political parties in the States that are not ruled by the saffron party. Yechury said that he had already discussed with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge about these developments.
Yechury accused that Tamil Nadu Governor is expressing views reflecting the BJP’s opinion creating unnecessary controversies and confusion. “The expression of conservative and poisonous ideas while being the Governor is violative of the Constitution.