India, Oct. 24 -- Keralam Governor Om Prakash Mathur has courted controversy on his first day in office after reportedly directing the Lok Bhavan kitchen to prepare and serve only vegetarian food, media reports said.

Both the ruling Congress and the primary opposition party, the CPI(M), criticised the alleged move, accusing Mathur of seeking to impose the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) agenda.

Sworn in as the 29th Governor of Kerala, Mathur reportedly directed that non-vegetarian food should not be cooked or served in the Lok Bhavan kitchen.

Amid the controversy, sources at Lok Bhavan clarified that Mathur had ordered the change because he was a vegetarian.

They added that the decision did not impose any food restrictions on the em...