Amid a high voltage protest and boycott by the opposition Congress-led UDF, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Wednesday presented his policy address in the assembly and read out references to anti-CAA resolution passed by the house, despite disagreeing with it.
Reading out the the anti-CAA stand of the state government, the Governor said "our citizenship can never be on the basis of religion as this goes against the grain of secularism which is part of the basic structure of our constitution."
It's learnt that the Governor decided to read out the reference to the state's anti-CAA stance after a letter was sent by Vijayan this morning, in which the Chief Minister had requested Khan to read the policy address "in its entirety sans any additions or deletions."
Attacking the UDF, former BJP President, Kummanam Rajashekharan asked, "who gave authority to Congress to stop the Governor?.."
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