Governor Khan has alleged protesting college students struck his automobile.
New Delhi:
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of conspiring to bodily hurt him. Governor Khan’s accusations stem from an incident the place his automobile was allegedly struck by members of the College students Federation of India (SFI), the scholar wing of the ruling CPI(M).
This incident, which occurred whereas the governor was en path to the Thiruvananthapuram Worldwide Airport to go away for New Delhi, has ignited a political firestorm within the state.
Governor Khan, addressing the media, stated there’s a concerted effort at play to trigger him bodily hurt, implying the involvement of Chief Minister Vijayan. He said that the incident was not an accident, however fairly a deliberate act focusing on him individually.
“Is it potential that if a Chief Minister programme is happening, vehicles with protesters might be allowed there? Will they (police) permit anyone to return close to the automotive of the Chief Minister? Right here vehicles of the protesters had been standing there and police pushed them into their vehicles and so they ran away,” Mr Khan stated.
“So, it’s the Chief Minister, I’m saying it clearly, who’s conspiring and sending these folks to harm me bodily. The ‘goondas’ have taken cost of the roads of Thiruvananthapuram,” Mr Khan added.
Visibly enraged by the alleged assault on his automobile, Governor Khan condemned the incident and the alleged deteriorating state of democracy in Kerala. He pressured that political disagreement shouldn’t result in bodily violence.
Mr Khan alleged that protesting college students not solely waved black flags at him but in addition struck his automobile on either side.
“Then I received down from my automotive. Then why did they run away? They had been all sitting in a automotive, which suggests the police knew. However what is going to the poor police do when the Chief Minister is directing them?” he requested.
PTI, quoting Raj Bhawan sources, reported that black flags had been waved at Governor Khan at three locations and his automotive was hit by protesters at two of them.
In keeping with the police, Governor Khan’s automobile was blocked by SFI activists at one specific location. Seven members of the scholar organisation have been arrested in reference to that, police stated.