Amid frosty relations between the CPI(M)-led government of Kerala and Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday released Raj Bhavan’s in-house journal, ‘Rajahams’.

The two sides have been at odds over the past several months over multiple issues, particularly a dispute regarding the use of a Bharat Mata portrait at Raj Bhavan and the Governor calling on universities to observe ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’. Subsequently, the Chief Minister had skipped the Governor’s “at home” Independence Day event.

For Sunday’s function, Raj Bhavan did not use the Bharat Mata portrait that it had insisted on putting up during events previously. The use of the portrait had led to two ministers, V Sivankutty and P Prasad, boycotting events in the past, alleging

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