Palakkad Collector P Marykutty, who barred RSS’ Mohan Bhagwat from hoisting Tricolour, transferred

Meanwhile, Suchitwa Mission Executive Director Dr K Vasuki was appointed Thiruvananthapuram collector, while fisheries director Dr S Karthikeyan was made the Kollam collector. Director of Social Justice T V Anupama was made the new collector of Alappuzha district and Food safety commissioner Navajot Khosa of Kottayam district. Venkateshpathy, who was Thiruvananthapuram collector, has been appointed fisheries director. Former Kollam collector T Mitra has been appointed Suchitwa Mission Executive director, while Veena N Madhavan will be holding all the posts held by T V Anupama.

Marykutty, in her order to the headmaster of Karnaki Amman Higher Secondary School had stated that “there is a direction from the government that only office heads or elected people’s representatives should hoist the flag,” on Independence Day. However, despite the directive, Bhagwat had hoisted the flag and given a speech.

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Marykutty had later argued that the directive was issued in compliance with the flag code. ““We had given general instructions to all departments in this regard. The school not only violated that instruction but also did not ensure that the national anthem was sung after hoisting the flag. After singing Vande Mataram, everyone left the school. The national anthem was sung later when very few were around. Hence, the police have been asked to register a case against the school headmaster,’’ she said.

(With inputs from PTI)