"I am not scared of anyone...": Kerala Governor
Dec 12, 2023
New Delhi [India], December 12 : Accusing Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of hatching a conspiracy to hurt him after the SFI held black flag protests against him, state Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Tuesday said that the police have been prevented from acting against these criminals.
The remarks came after the activists of the Students Federation of India, a student wing of the Communist Party of India, held a black flag protest and allegedly hit his car in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday night.
"This is not a question of my comment, as I said in the morning; it is about law. We are a democratic Republic; here, law must prevail. What they were doing, the police is standing by because of the political reasons they (Kerala police) stand by. My car was surrounded and hitting the car by all force," the governor said.
He further said that he is not scared of anyone.
"Due to political reasons, the Kerala Police have been prevented from acting against these rowdies and criminals...My car was surrounded and they were hitting the car with all force. I believe in facing the brute. I am not scared of anyone," he said.
Meanwhile, police have taken 17 SFI workers into custody with seven workers being arrested for allegedly hitting the Governor's vehicle. The case has been registered under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code.
According to a statement from the SFI "Governor has appointed senate members in Calicut and Kerala universities from the list of RSS violating the university rules. This is undemocratic. This is an attempt to tie campuses in the RSS shed. SFI was organising a protest against this and we will continue it. Chancellor nominated members violating all rules . Our decision is that SFI will not allow the governor to enter any campuses in Kerala. We will take up our protest in that manner. We will strengthen the protest against the governor on the streets. In our agenda, we never aimed to physically attack the governor or take up the protest in bad manner. Our protest will be in a democratic way. There won't be any undemocratic protest. "
