TN Governor skips delivering customary address, walks out of State Assembly

 

 

 

TAMIL Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday walked out of the State Assembly without delivering his customary address to the House in its maiden session of the year, alleging among others, “inaccuracies” in the DMK Government prepared text. This was the fourth such walkout in a row by Ravi ever since he assumed office in 2021. After the Governor left the House, Chief Minister M K Stalin slammed the Governor for “walking out yet again in violation of rules, traditions and ethos,” and it was unbecoming of the high office Ravi holds. It was an insult to the House and its dignity, he said. The Chief Minister asserted that his party would make efforts to delete from the Constitution, by way of an amendment, the provisions mandating Governor’s address at the start of the year.

 

The Chief Minister moved a resolution which said the House does not accept the Governor’s behaviour of not reading out the customary address. Also, it said that only the Government prepared text read out by Speaker M Appavu in Tamil would go on record. After the House adopted the resolution, Stalin thanked the MLAs for it and said it is not good that the Governor refuses every year to read out the Government prepared speech. Governors posing trouble happens in several states and it does not happen only in Tamil Nadu. Governor’s mic switched off in Assembly, address ‘misleading,’ claims TN Lok Bhavan: GOVERNOR R N Ravi on Tuesday “declined” to read out the DMK government prepared customary address in the Assembly as it had numerous “unsubstantiated claims and misleading statements,” the Lok Bhavan said.

 

The Governor’s office alleged national anthem was yet again “insulted” and the fundamental Constitutional duty of respecting it was disregarded. Several crucial issues troubling the people were ignored. While Ravi had been demanding that the national anthem be played at the commencement of the customary address, the Government’s stand is that the Tamil anthem is traditionally played at the beginning and the national anthem at the end.