Team News Riveting
Chennai, January 12
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi is scheduled to visit New Delhi on Friday, a day after Tamil Nadu DMK MPs called on President Droupadi Murmu.
The MPs of Tamil Nadu’s ruling party submitted a petition to the President asserting that the Governor has been violating the Constitution. The move comes after the fresh standoff between the Governor and the state government led by M K Stalin.
The maiden Assembly session of 2023 began with the face-off between the State government and the Governor hitting a new low on Monday when Ravi “walked out” of the Assembly. The Governor abruptly exited the House, without waiting for the customary singing of the national anthem.
Ravi’s departure came moments before Chief Minister M K Stalin finished moving a resolution seeking to ‘remove’ the portions read out by the Governor with “additions and omissions in violation of the Assembly tradition.” It is to be noted that the Governor ‘omitted’ two paragraphs highlighting the Dravidian model of the governance and lauding the contribution of Dravidian leaders Periyar, Anna, Kalaignar and Kamarajar, which the state government objected.
Besides, a resolution seeking to relax Rule 17 of the Legislative Assembly and not include the speech actually delivered by the governor in the House was unanimously adopted by the House. Speaker M Appavu put the resolution to vote, which was ‘unanimously’ adopted by the House.
According to reports, Governor will return to Chennai from Delhi on January 14.
