kochi the public spat between governor arif mohammed khan and chief minister pinarayi vijayan continued on saturday with the former alleging that the state government is trying to denigrate the office of the governor khan said he was happy to see the cm come out in the open instead of using some vicechancellors to defy the chancellors orders i welcome the cms statement as now he is not trying to play the game from behind the curtain the governor said on the sidelines of a function in the citythe governor also stated that he would soon release documents to substantiate his stand that the government was intervening in universitiesgovt cannot be given powers to appoint vcskhan said he would also release the cms letter stating that there would not be any political intervention in matters including university appointments meanwhile opposition leader v d satheesan termed the governorcm feud a drama it is now clear that there are mediators between the governor and the cm like there are between cpm and bjp satheesan said kpcc president k sudhakaran said the centre should play the role of a mediator to end this tussle the government cannot be given powers to appoint vicechancellors this will amount to executive interference the chief minister has written to me that i will release in which he said clearly that there would be no interference now they are proposing that they will appoint vcs this would mean that it will be the erosion of educational institutions as long as i am here i will not allow the erosion of autonomy of educational institutions the governor said underqualified and unqualified people just because they are related to the personal staff of the chief minister cannot be appointed in universities the governor said on the lokayukta amendment bill passed by the assembly khan said there is no question of any time limit and everything should be considered on merit i am yet to see the file on the bill but i have seen the assembly proceedings and news reports there is one basic rule of jurisprudence which says that if there is a complaint against a person he or she cannot sit in judgment for hisher own cause khan said highlighting the alleged attack on him at kannur university during the history congress in 2019 khan said that the police can register a crime without a complaint yet nothing was done who prevented the police from registering a case who held the home department portfolio you are trying to denigrate and demean the office of the governor you have tried every trick in the box to pressurize me and frighten me he added