The handover of power is a very critical matter, so Vijay had to personally travel to each and every frontier, inspect the whole frontier for the first time, and then officially do a small enthronement ceremony in the frontier, elevate it to a subordinate kingdom with its own insignia, flag, anthem, and move on.
This whole trip took Vijay several months; by the time Vijay had gotten back to the Bharatiya Empire, it was already February of 1687.
Coming back to the empire, he was not free either; he had to appoint new commanders to the Army and Navy.
While Vijay was busy fulfilling his duties, a whole debate had started about the matter, and the debate was naturally held by the 3 largest media companies of the empire: Raya Media Corporation with its flagship Bharatham Daily, Bakshi Media Corporation with its flagship Times of Bharat, and Kalyan Media Works with its flagship The Observer.
