Kochi, Days after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan left on a three-week foreign tour, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday expressed displeasure over not being informed about the trip and asked the media to inform him about it. "Thank you".
When the media sought his reaction about the foreign trip of the CM and his family, Khan sarcastically thanked the media and said that at least they had informed him about it.
"I am not aware...Thank you very much for informing me...At least you informed me," the Governor told reporters in nearby Aluva.
Khan said he had earlier written to the President of India that the Raj Bhavan had been "kept in the dark" about such foreign trips.
The Governor said, “I have written before also…not this time…to be honest, I am not aware of it.,
The Chief Minister and his close family members left for various foreign destinations on 6 May.
While the opposition Congress and BJP had accused the CM of keeping the details of the foreign trip a "secret" and wanted to know who the sponsor was, the ruling CPI(M) came out strongly in support of Vijayan and justified his family visit.
CPI(M) central committee member AK Balan on Friday compared Vijayan's foreign visit to God's rest after creating the universe in six days, drawing parallels to the Biblical narrative.
Responding to the controversies surrounding Vijayan and his family's foreign travels, Balan said the Chief Minister did not go to space; They simply took a break in Indonesia, which, according to the veteran leader, is just 60 km from Pygmalion Point (Indira Point) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan on Wednesday said that Vijayan has set out on the foreign trip at his own expense after getting the requisite permission from the party and the central government.He had said that Vijayan had actually taken leave after the intense Lok Sabha election campaign in Kerala and had decided to travel abroad with his family.
When the media sought his reaction about the foreign trip of the CM and his family, Khan sarcastically thanked the media and said that at least they had informed him about it.
"I am not aware...Thank you very much for informing me...At least you informed me," the Governor told reporters in nearby Aluva.
Khan said he had earlier written to the President of India that the Raj Bhavan had been "kept in the dark" about such foreign trips.
The Governor said, “I have written before also…not this time…to be honest, I am not aware of it.,
The Chief Minister and his close family members left for various foreign destinations on 6 May.
While the opposition Congress and BJP had accused the CM of keeping the details of the foreign trip a "secret" and wanted to know who the sponsor was, the ruling CPI(M) came out strongly in support of Vijayan and justified his family visit.
CPI(M) central committee member AK Balan on Friday compared Vijayan's foreign visit to God's rest after creating the universe in six days, drawing parallels to the Biblical narrative.
Responding to the controversies surrounding Vijayan and his family's foreign travels, Balan said the Chief Minister did not go to space; They simply took a break in Indonesia, which, according to the veteran leader, is just 60 km from Pygmalion Point (Indira Point) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan on Wednesday said that Vijayan has set out on the foreign trip at his own expense after getting the requisite permission from the party and the central government.He had said that Vijayan had actually taken leave after the intense Lok Sabha election campaign in Kerala and had decided to travel abroad with his family.
