The CPI(M)’s student wing, SFI, erected unwelcoming banners against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at Ponnani in this north Kerala district where he is scheduled to a commemoration programme organised by the Congress party on Wednesday.
The Students Federation of India (SFI) placed banners stating — ‘Mister Chancellor you are not welcome here’ and ‘Mister chancellor this is a place where there are a lot of people whom you called bloody criminals, be careful’ — at various places in Ponnani hours ahead of Khan’s arrival to participate in a programme to commemorate late Congress leader P T Mohana Krishnan.
Khan had on Tuesday faced a massive protest from various youth outfits affiliated to the ruling Left Democratic Front during his visit to Thodupuzha in Idukki district to participate in a function organised by the Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti, a traders’ body.
The hartal in Idukki district was called by the LDF in protest against his non-assent to the Kerala Government Land Assignment (Amendment) Bill 2023.