Opening up another front with the Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Kerala government on Thursday amended the rules of Kerala Kalamandalam deemed university to remove the governor as its chancellor. Kerala government said that the position would now be filled with an eminent person from the field of art and culture.
Issuing an order, the government said that it is amending the rules and regulations of the deemed university of art and culture. The state government also indicated that it may come out with more ordinances to remove the governor as the vice chancellors in other universities.
The move came a day after friction between governors and governments in three non-BJP-ruled southern states spiked, with Tamil Nadu seeking a recall of RN Ravi, Kerala proposing a special ordinance to replace Mr Khan as chancellor of state universities, and Tamilisai Soundararajan expressed doubts of her phone being tapped in Telangana.
The latest tussle between the LDF government and Khan snowballed in August after the latter refused to sign 11 ordinances brought by the government, including one that curtailed the powers of the Lokayukta (anti-corruption ombudsman) and another that curtailed his own powers as chancellor of state universities.
