Following the state Cabinet’s strong dissent, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has made a partial change to programmes he will be attending in Nanded, Parbhani and Hingoli districts from August 5 to 7. Instead of holding the review meetings with government officials at the district collectors’ offices, he will hold them at government circuit houses where he will stay for three days.

However, to the chagrin of dissenters, Koshyari has not amended the plan of inaugurating minority girls’ and boys’ hostels in SRTM University, Nanded. Minority affairs minister Nawab Malik and his cabinet colleagues had vehemently objected to the inauguration, insisting the Minority Affairs Department, which built the two properties, was not informed about the event.