On a controversial three-day tour of three districts of central Maharashtra, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari skipped the inauguration of a minority girls and boys hostel in Nanded, apparently because he was told the structures had been in use for the past three years.

On Wednesday, Koshyari had made minor changes to his tour, apparently because the state Cabinet had sent him a dissent note accusing him of encroaching on elected public representatives’ rights by proposing to review developmental works, and scheduling the inauguration of the hostels but keeping in dark the Minority Affairs Department, which had constructed the property. Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik had objected to the event saying the property had not been transferred to the university. He had accused Koshyari of trying to create two power centres in the state.