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Thiruvananthapuram<\/strong>: In response to the Kerala government\u2019s decision to appoint its own \u2018foreign secretary,\u2019 the BJP\u2019s state unit criticized Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday, accusing him of \u2018blatant overreach and constitutional violation.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThe appointment of an IAS officer as \u2018Foreign Secretary\u2019 in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan represents a blatant overreach and contravenes the Union List of our Constitution. The LDF government lacks jurisdiction in foreign affairs,\u201d stated K Surendran, the chief of BJP\u2019s Kerala unit, on X.<\/p>\n \u201cThis unconstitutional act sets a dangerous precedent. Is CM @pinarayivijayan attempting to make Keralam an independent nation?\u201d inquired Surendran.<\/p>\n Senior IAS officer K Vasuki has been named by the Kerala government as \u2018secretary responsible for external cooperation matters.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cSecretary (labour and skills) K Vasuki is to additionally handle matters related to external cooperation. The officer will coordinate and oversee all related matters, in addition to her existing responsibilities,\u201d read a state government order dated July 15.<\/p>\n The order further stated that the general administration (political) department will support Vasuki until alternative arrangements are made. The resident commissioner of Kerala House in New Delhi is to aid her in liaising with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi and Indian embassies and missions overseas.<\/p>\n Ex-cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar expressed scepticism regarding the appointment in a conversation with the newspaper.<\/p>\n \u201cInternational relations fall under the central government\u2019s purview. State departments seeking international assistance should approach the MEA or Indian embassies. It is expected that the state will elucidate the \u2018additional\u2019 duties to be undertaken by the officer beyond those typically performed by department secretaries,\u201d Chandrasekhar commented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Thiruvananthapuram: In response to the Kerala government\u2019s decision to appoint its own \u2018foreign secretary,\u2019 the BJP\u2019s state unit criticized Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday, accusing him of \u2018blatant overreach and constitutional violation.\u2019 \u201cThe appointment of an IAS officer as \u2018Foreign Secretary\u2019 in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan represents a blatant overreach and contravenes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/OIP-45.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35948,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35946\/revisions\/35948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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