Farmers' protests in other states not 'emergency' to convene special Assembly session: Kerala Guv
ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 07:58 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 24 (ANI): Hitting back at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, in a detailed letter said that he did not refuse to accede to the request for convening the special assembly session, but 'raised some questions' and instead of replying to it, the Chief Minister 'chose to bring in extraneous issues'.
In a reply to a letter by Kerala Chief Minister, the Kerala Governor said, "You will agree that as Chief Minister, it is your constitutional duty to keep the Governor fully informed about the decisions of the government and it is my right to be consulted and to counsel the government. But somehow you give information when I raise questions; otherwise, you take shelter behind vague terms, like in the current case, "to discuss some serious issues".
Further, Khan explained the scenario in which he sought clarification regarding convening a special assembly session in the state.
"Even in the current matter, I did not refuse to accede to your request. I merely raised some questions and hoped that you would respond with full information to satisfy me that some unforeseen things have happened and show what you propose to do to deal with this unexpected situation. But instead of replying to my questions, you have chosen to bring in extraneous issues which I had not raised at any stage," he said in the letter.
Asserting that, he did not expect such a letter from Chief Minister, the Governor began his letter by saying, " In your letter, you have made several assertions about subjects which I had never raised in my queries regarding your proposal to summon an emergent session of the Assembly on 23.12.20. But these assertions lack connectivity with the background contained in the relevant file. I feel it would have been appropriate had your letter come to me as part of the file concerned."