It all started in December 2019 at Kannur University during the inauguration of the 80th edition of the Indian History Congress when historian Irfan Habib allegedly tried to interrupt the speech by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan while he was speaking on the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
From then onwards, the battle between the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala and Khan has intensified —with both locking horns on various issues. Khan, in September 2022 alleged Vijayan’s personal secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP
K K Ragesh prevented the police from taking action against those who heckled him at the