Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 20 -- Lok Bhavan Kerala on Tuesday defended the amendments to the Governor Rajendra Arlekar's policy address during the State Assembly Session, stating that he had asked the state government to remove the "half-truths" from the address, to which they agreed.

A controversy erupted today when Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused Governor Arlekar of making additions and deletions to the policy address approved by the Council of Ministers, and requested the Legislative Assembly to accept the Cabinet-approved version as the authentic policy document.

In its response, Lok Bhavan stated that the Governor had asked that "half-truths be removed from the draft of the policy address. In response, the government h...