Accordingly kerala governor arif mohammad khan, who has been at odds with the pinarayi vijayan government over the new citizenship law, on thursday hit out at the state over its decision to file a suit in the supreme court against the contentious legislation. When calling it a breach of protocol, Khan said: “I'm not saying that what they did is wrong. They may have every right to approach the sc but common courtesy demanded that prior permission be taken from me. At least I should have been kept in the loop.”
Furthermore he added, “The constitutional head of the state is getting to know through newspapers that the state government is challenging a law passed by Parliament. I will check if the state can do this without permission from the Governor.” When reacting to Khan’s statement, CPM member S Ramachandran Pillai said “This statement shows unnecessary interference into the internal matters of the kerala government.” kerala on tuesday became the first state to challenge the amended citizenship law after the government filed a suit in the supreme court, seeking a direction to declare the contentious legislation unconstitutional.
Moreover the kerala assembly had in december passed a resolution against the citizenship amendment act, asking the Centre to cancel the contentious legislation that has triggered countrywide protests. Perhaps the resolution was supported by all the MLAs except BJP's O Rajagopal.
