‘The Bharat Mata concept and saffron flag have been part of the Indian tradition for long, says former Kerrala BJP state president K. Surendran June 21, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mandates only national symbols at State functions attended by Governor Rajendra Arlekar, sparking political and religious controversy.

Thiruvananthapuram, June 21 (IANS) Amid the escalating standoff between the Kerala government and Raj Bhavan over the use of the Bharat Mata image in Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Considering the tense situation, the registrar informed Raj Bhavan not to attend the event. However, Arlekar reached the Senate Hall campus by 6.20pm amid protests and attended the programme.

Bharat Mata is a personification of India as a mother goddess. The iconography is widely used by Hindu nationalists, and is frequently criticised for propagating a Hindu-centric image of nationhood.

But the portrait has a Bharat Mata carrying the saffron flag of the RSS. This is unacceptable, the country does not belong to a particular ideology or an organisation,” he said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With tensions escalating between the LDF government and the governor over the image of ‘Bharat Mata with a saffron flag’, the political spat ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The display of an image of Bharat Mata holding a saffron flag at an event attended by Governor Rajendra Arlekar in Kerala University (KU) tr ...

Bharat Mata portrait, usually seen in RSS events was displayed in a private function attended by Governor. This resulted into tensed atmosphere, Chief Minister Responded with a letter to Raj Bhavan.

The Bharat Mata portrait row involving Governor Arlekar recently triggered a series of street protests and a war of words on June 21, with the ruling CPI(M) ...

Kerala's Raj Bhavan on Thursday strongly criticised general education minister V Sivankutty for walking out of a public event while Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was present on the dais ...