Governor Arif Mohammed Khan took exception to the State government’s move to reissue ordinances instead of getting the executive orders ratified by the Assembly.
The government had sent Mr. Khan 11 ordinances for repromulgation. They included the controversial Kerala Lok Ayukta, 1999, amendment ordinance, and the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, 2022, amendment ordinance.
The Opposition had petitioned Mr. Khan not to sign the ordinances. It portrayed the Lok Ayukta amendment a “Machiavellian” bid by the government to “defang” the Ombudsman to forestall anti-corruption inquiries against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Consequently, Mr. Khan purportedly dragged his feet on approving the ordinance until he got a clarification from the government.
