Posted 1/26/2024, 2:32:00 AM
Kerala Governor Cuts Short Assembly Speech to 78 Seconds Amid Rift With State Government
- Governor Arif Mohammed Khan cut short his policy address to just 78 seconds, the shortest speech in the Kerala assembly's history
- He read out only the first line and last paragraph of the 62-page speech prepared by the government
- This was seen as a protest against his reported differences with the state government
- The opposition criticized it as an "insult" to the assembly
- The government played it down, saying the last paragraph conveyed the speech's main points
- Khan has clashed with the state government on several issues recently