The authorities’s conciliatory efforts to acquire gubernatorial assent for the eight contentious Bills are yet to yield any end result.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who held a two-hour-long dialogue with a ministerial delegation at Raj Bhavan a day in the past, didn’t sign on any of the Bills earlier than he flew out to Hyderabad on Friday. He is predicted to return to the State solely subsequent month.
Official sources, nevertheless, identified all choices stay open as Mr. Khan might train the power to grant assent to a number of Bills remotely.
Speaking to mediapersons earlier than his departure, the Governor mentioned he was yet to determine on approving the Bills. “They (the Ministers) have briefed me and the meeting was very good. But I will take some time to apply my mind and take into consideration all that they have said,” he mentioned.
He added that he has not granted a nod for the permission sought to introduce the Bill within the Assembly to set up an interim Syndicate in Calicut University with the tenures of the prevailing Syndicate and Senate set to expire on March 6.
The Governor’s non-committal stance comes amidst speculations that he would approve just a few legislations, together with these pertaining to the Waqf Board appointments and cooperative societies.
However, it stays unlikely that the Governor would grant assent to others, notably the University Law (Amendment) Bills and the Kerala Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill.
Law and Industries Minister P. Rajeeve, who reportedly took the lead in explaining the rationale behind the proposed legal guidelines throughout the assembly with the Governor, refused to reveal a lot concerning the dialogue.
He, nevertheless, mentioned it was regular for the Governor to search clarifications or modifications, and even return Bills which were handed by the Assembly. Likewise, the Assembly and the federal government too have sure Constitutional powers. The Governor is a part of the federal government and has the best to criticise the latter’s choices in a democratic system, he added.
