THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Governor Arif Mohammed Khan warned the government against trying to control Raj Bhavan, and also made scathing criticisms against appointing political functionaries in personal staff of ministers only to make them eligible for full pensions for the rest of their lives at the cost of the state exchequer.
Speaking to the media here on Saturday before leaving for New Delhi, the governor said that he has every right and it is his constitutional duty to advise the government. "Nowhere in the country, personal staff appointed on a co-terminus basis become entitled to pensionary benefits. In Kerala, they become entitled to pensionary benefits after only two years, and such a scheme has been drawn that one set of people are made to resign after two years and a new set of people is brought in so that these people, who are essentially political workers, are being funded by the state exchequer," he said.
