Kerala CPI(M) leadership meets for three days in unusual political circumstances
The Hindu
The closed-door meet is happening at a time when the State government is fiercely at odds with Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on a slew of issues
The three-day Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leadership meeting that gets underway at the AKG Centre, the party’s State headquarters, here on Friday appears to be anything but routine.
The political context of the closed-door conclave is exceptional by most counts.
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The government is fiercely at odds with Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.
The slew of governor-government disputes ranges from vice chancellor appointments, the perceived delay in approving the bills passed by the Assembly, and Mr. Khan’s recent charge that the Chief Minister Office (CMO) was inextricably involved in the UAE gold smuggling scandal that dogged the previous LDF administration.
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Mr. Khan’s latest foray against the government to emerge in the public domain was reportedly a purported letter to the President of India accusing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of keeping the Raj Bhavan in the dark about his European tour and not nominating a cabinet colleague to helm the government in his absence.
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