Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Governor Rajendra Arlekar, conveying the state cupboard’s displeasure over using pictures “not consistent with the Structure” at official occasions.
The letter comes after an issue over the show of a ‘Bharat Mata’ picture with a saffron flag, a logo related to the RSS, throughout varied programmes at Raj Bhavan.
At a Scouts and Guides occasion on June 19, Common Schooling Minister V Sivankutty, who additionally heads the division, staged a boycott over the picture.
Whereas he participated within the formal award distribution, Sivankutty publicly walked out, objecting to using symbols he stated have been inappropriate for presidency features.
Raj Bhavan strongly condemned his motion, calling it a “gross violation of protocol” and a “grave insult” to the Governor’s workplace. An announcement from Raj Bhavan additionally accused the minister of arriving ready for a confrontation and claimed his remarks insulted each the Governor and the scholars current.
The Chief Minister defended the minister’s motion and reiterated that authorities occasions should stay impartial and secular. “
Some are asking what’s the drawback in honouring Bharat Mata. What we must always see is that our Structure doesn’t uphold the idea of Bharat Mata. The flag in Bharat Mata is of RSS. They’ll honour it, however don’t assume everybody ought to comply with the identical,” Pinarayi Vijayan stated.
He added that whereas people are free to carry private beliefs, official areas can’t be became venues for political or ideological campaigns.
“Raj Bhavan will not be a spot which needs to be became a venue for political campaigns. Such strikes can solely be seen as a problem to the Structure,” the Chief Minister stated.
This isn’t the primary time the state authorities has raised such considerations. An identical objection had earlier compelled the agriculture division to shift a authorities occasion from Raj Bhavan to the Secretariat.
Amid the continued row, Minister Sivankutty introduced that Kerala faculties will quickly embrace classes on the powers and duties of state Governors as a part of the revised curriculum.
“Faculties are the perfect place to study the values of democracy,” he stated, including that the transfer goals to strengthen constitutional values and democratic rules. The brand new content material will probably be launched within the second quantity of the Social Science textbook this 12 months and expanded into larger secondary textbooks in future revisions.
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