Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan dialled up his combative style approach against the Student Federation of India (SFI) black flag protestors and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government by daring them to lay a hand on his person.
Speaking to journalists in Thiruvananthapuram, Mr. Khan accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] of press-ganging SFI and proscribed Popular Front of India (PFI) activists into waylaying his motorcade at significant legal and constitutional peril.
He accused Mr. Vijayan of playing a game of brinkmanship. “He (Mr. Vijayan) knows the consequences if any harm were to befall me. Hence, he has tasked the police to ensure that the SFI and PFI protestors do not come near me while egging the youth to impede my progress. Officers are helplessly standing in the sun for hours on end to play the government’s edgy game of nerves,” he said.
