NEW DELHI: A special session of the assembly on the new agricultural laws has emerged as the latest point of confrontation between the Kerala government led by Pinararyi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.
One day later Pinarayi Vijayan Called “regrettable” the governor’s decision not to grant sanctions to convene the special session of the assembly to discuss and pass a resolution against the three contentious agricultural laws, the governor has said he is surprised to see Pinarayi Vijayan’s confidential letter finding space in the media.
The governor expressed his displeasure, saying that he “hurt” that the content of the letter sent by the prime minister, marked confidential, was available in the media even before it reached him.
In a letter to Arif khan on Tuesday, Vijayan had said that the power to call a session of the legislative assembly it clearly falls outside the discretionary power of the governor and resolutions in motion and the conduct of discussions in a Legislative Assembly “cannot be regulated by powers of the governor.”
“It is regrettable that a recommendation from an elected government, which enjoys a clear majority in the Legislative Assembly, to discuss an emerging issue of national importance, has not been accepted by the Honorable Governor, especially when the power to convene a session of the La Legislative Assembly clearly falls outside the discretionary power of the governor, “Vijayan had said in the letter.
In his response to CM, the governor has defended his decision to deny the sanction, saying that it is not necessary to convene an extraordinary session of the house since a special session is already approaching for January 8 and that there was no urgency to convene other. session in the middle.
The governor said he had approved on December 17. cabinet decision to convene the assembly for a session on January 8 only on December 21 and returned the file in the morning and received the note on the special session in the afternoon.
Khan said he was and wondered if anything unforeseen or unexpected happened between December 17 and 21.
“I did not refuse to agree to your request. I simply posed a few questions and expected you to respond with full information to satisfy me that some unforeseen events have occurred and to show what you intend to do to deal with this unexpected situation.
Khan said that on the issue of convening the Assembly pursuant to Article 3 (2) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the House, he agreed that the Governor was bound by the decision of the Cabinet.
However, when a recommendation is made to convene a session on short notice, that means that it deviates from the rule that requires a 15-day notice and invokes the condition of rule 3, which is an exception to the rule, then it is it makes it the duty of the governor’s office to ensure that deviation from the rule does not result in a deviation from the spirit of the rules of business conduct, he said.
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