Politics involved in selection of VC in state universities, says Governor Arif Mohammed

"...I am not able to work in this environment where I find too much political interference in the working of the university and the autonomy of the university is being completely eroded," the governor said

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed has asserted that state Higher Education Minister R Bindu has no authority to write to him seeking the service extension of Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University, Gopinath Raveendran.Addressing the media at the airport on Friday night, he reiterated that there was politics involved in the selection of Vice-Chancellors in the state universities. He also affirmed that there was no change in his decision to step down from the post of Chancellor.