Communist Party of India (CPI(M)) State secretary M.V. Govindan has accused Governor Arif Mohammed Khan of attacking the government at the behest of the "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Congress and right-wing media triad."
Mr. Govindan on Saturday signalled a change in approach to the controversial appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's private secretary K.K. Rakesh, as associate professor, Malayalam, at Kannur University. Mr. Khan, as Chancellor of universities, had stayed the appointment on nepotism grounds.
Mr. Govindan echoed Mr. Vijayan's declaration that the authorities concerned would examine whether university appointments were in order.
