Kerala guv calls higher edu minister ‘criminal’

Remark comes after the minister 'illegally' attended the Senate meeting that amounts to violation of law

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A day after terming her ignorant”, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Sunday called the higher education minister a criminal” for presiding over the Senate meeting of the Kerala University in her capacity as pro-chancellor.

R Bindu lost no time in retorting that she was not replying to the remark as she did not want to stoop to the level of those whose actions and utterances are unbecoming of the office they hold.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Thiruvananthapuram, Khan said the higher education minister illegally” attending the Senate meeting constituted a violation of law and it will be taken cognizance of. I am not going to respond to criminals,” the governor said when asked further about the minister attending the meeting.