Overview

• Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan released the inaugural issue of Rajahams in the presence of Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.
• Vijayan cited an article on Article 200 by the Governor’s legal adviser and said the views were the author’s own, not the state government’s.
• The first copy was presented to MP Shashi Tharoor, who backed the idea of people-facing Raj Bhavans.
• The Bharat Mata portrait, a recent flashpoint at Raj Bhavan events, was not displayed at the venue.
• Arlekar reiterated that Raj Bhavans should be more accessible to the public, recalling the proposal to rename them Lok Bhavans, and two university vice-chancellors were felicitated for NIRF and NAAC performance.