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This is the latest in a string of heated exchanges between Governor Khan and the CPM-led Kerala government.
This time, the provocation was Balagopal's comment that "those from Uttar Pradesh would not be able to understand the ways of educational institutions in Kerala".
Like Virat Kohli, Kerala chief minister timed his return to form so well following Governor Khan's latest diktat.
In a special sitting held to consider the petition filed by the vice-chancellors, the high court asked whether the VC appointments were prima facie illegal.
He reiterated he is only trying to uphold the verdict of the SC, which said the selection process of the VCs that is repugnant to the UGC norms, shall be void ab initio.
Higher Education Minister R Bindu said the Governor seems to be revelling in the feudal past and the state has a tradition of defeating such tendencies.
The development comes following an instruction by the Kerala government asking all these VCs to stay put and to defy the Governor's order.
Khan is acting on the behest of BJP and the RSS to create a constitutional crisis in Kerala," Chief Minister Pinarayi VIjayan said.
On Sunday, in an unprecedented move, the Governor asked the VC of nine universities in Kerala to tender their resignations in less than 24 hours.
The minister said the order was an attempt to create stagnation in the higher education sector and that it was definitely a setback for the sector's progress.
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