US EditionKerala Minister miffed over Bharat Mata's photo for Environment day event at Raj Bhavan
- Kerala's Agriculture Minister P. Prasad boycotted the World Environment Day event on June 5, 2025, at Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, due to a portrait of Bharat Mata displayed there.
- The boycott arose because Prasad and the state government objected to the portrait's association with the RSS, and Raj Bhavan declined to remove it despite requests.
- Consequently, the official programme was relocated to the Durbar Hall within the government secretariat, while the Governor carried out floral tributes and planted saplings at Raj Bhavan as originally planned.
- Prasad argued that the LDF was constitutionally unable to accept Raj Bhavan’s demand to conduct the event featuring the RSS-associated image, criticizing the political nature of the display.
- The incident highlighted tensions between the Governor's office and the state government over use of political and religious symbols in official events, raising constitutional concerns about Raj Bhavan's neutrality.
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Kerala minister boycotts event over Bharat Mata photograph
Kerala minister P Prasad boycotted a World Environment Day sapling plantation event at the governor’s house in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday over the showering of flowers on a Bharat Mata photograph, which he insisted is associated mainly with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s ideological fount, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Kerala minister P Prasad said the photograph is associated mainly with the
Saffron flag-holding Bharath Matha motif at an official function emerges as a sore point between government and Raj Bhavan
The picture of Bharat Math astride a lion at Raj Bhavan’s central hall, where the World Environment Day inauguration was scheduled to be held, emerged as a sore point between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government and the Governor’s office, prompting Agriculture Minister P. Prasad to skip the event.
Kerala Minister skips Raj Bhavan event over RSS-linked Bharat Mata picture
Kerala government shifted its Environment Day event from Raj Bhavan to Secretariat after objections over an allegedly RSS-linked ‘Bharat Mata’ picture demanded by Raj Bhavan. “It is unconstitutional to display such a politically charged symbol in a government event,” said the Agriculture Minister.
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