Fight with state CPM...
Journalist in Kerala will be going to held a protest march to the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram, on Monday after governor Arif Mohammad Khan expelled two journalists from a briefing he was addressing at an Earnakulam guest house .
Two journalists were accused by him and their channels — both were from top news outlets in Malayalam news — of bias towards the Pinarayi Vijayan government with which the he has had a series of run-ins.
He have earlier also behaved like this with journalists. The Kerala union of working journalists demanded for the one-kilometre March from the museum to the governor’s house.
While he was addressing a press conference Last month in which they not be allowed, he calls some journalists and news outlets “carde media”. CPM government — which accuses him of acting at the BJP’s behest .
On Monday, state government was “challenged” by him to “barge” into his office” or attack” him on the road. In front of Raj Bhavan on November 15 he made a announcement by the ruling communist party of India (Marxist).
Sitting over various bills and his attempts to unseat a majority of vice-chancellors in the state, the government has sought legal opinion over the governor.
The governor has been delaying key legislations, the party alleges. For a long time governor is not allowed to hold the bills. Party leader MV Govindan had said, we will move to any extent to fight this uncertainty,”
CPM Protest march against governor will be held over his order demanding of resignation from university vice-chancellors over what he terms “a system of oligarchy” On October 26.
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