Kerala gold smuggling case: Governor Arif Muhammed Khan slams CM Pinarayi of ‘stonewalling queries’
The Hindu
Kerala gold smuggling case: Governor Khan accuses CM Pinarayi Vijayan of stonewalling queries on gold smuggling, sparking publicised conflict over anti-national activities.
Kerala Governor Arif Muhammed Khan has accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of stonewalling Raj Bhavan’s urgent queries about the alleged use of gold smuggling and hawala racketeering proceeds to finance anti-national activities.
The Governor-Chief Minister spat showed no signs of abating, with Mr. Khan accusing Mr. Vijayan of not acknowledging the letters from Raj Bhavan regarding the same. The conflict has been playing out prominently in the public domain for the past several days.
In another letter to Mr. Vijayan on Friday (October 11, 2024) Mr. Khan said he was constrained to ask the Chief Secretary and State Police Chief to brief him in person about the alleged gold-smuggling-anti-national link after the Chief Minister “failed” in his constitutional duty to brief the Governor.
Mr. Vijayan seemed to have earned Mr. Khan’s ire by forbidding the Chief Secretary and the State Police Chief from briefing the Governor “behind” the Chief Minister’s Office.
He also took strong umbrage at Mr. Khan summoning top State officials to the Raj Bhavan without informing the Chief Minister.
In the latest letter, Mr. Khan also complained about Mr Vijayan’s belated response to Raj Bhavan’s queries and termed it a “lapse.
Mr. Khan noted that Article 167 of the Constitution prescribed the Chief Minister’s duty to inform the Governor.
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