Analysis: Controversies continue to dog LDF Govt. in Kerala

Many issues, including the formation of the Cabinet and allotment of portfolios and the face-off between the State Government and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, haunt the Pinarayi Vijayan Govt.

Six months into governance, the second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry has been seemingly caught in a vortex of controversies one after the another, right from the formation of the Cabinet and allotment of portfolios to the latest episode of face-off between the State Government and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on the alleged political appointments and interference in the functioning of universities.

The tug of war between the Governor and the Government is not new as he had come out against the CPI(M)-led LDF passing a resolution against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) during its previous tenure.

But now the controversy has acquired unharmonious proportions when the Governor categorically stated that he wanted quit as Chancellor on various issues such as the reappointment of Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University, selection of faculty of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, appointments at Sree Narayanaguru Open University and the rampant nepotism in the higher education sector.