The ongoing row between the Kerala Governor and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan escalated further with the Marxist veteran on Sunday accusing Arif Mohammed Khan of unleashing "intentional personal attacks" on him and carrying out a "vilification campaign" against the state.
The CM also took a dig at Khan, who had accused him of 27-days delay in responding to his letter, by saying that the Supreme Court has frowned upon the "habit" of sitting on bills passed by the legislature.
Vijayan, in a strongly-worded letter to the Governor, said that he has never mentioned anywhere about any anti-national activities happening in Kerala. Therefore, "misconceived versions" about the same being repeatedly made in public were "part of a sustained vilification campaign to malign the state and its residents," he said.
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