Chennai:
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi was unable to digest that the state was growing and his choice to not handle the Meeting was “infantile”, Chief Minister M Okay Stalin mentioned on Saturday.
The state Legislative Meeting has been witnessing unusual scenes for the previous couple of years after Mr Ravi took over as Governor, he mentioned. “The Governor involves the Meeting however returns with out addressing the Home. That is why I had mentioned that his actions had been infantile,” Mr Stalin advised the Meeting.
As per Article 176 of the Structure, the Governor has to ship his handle to the Legislative Meeting on the graduation of the session. “However he seems to be eager on violating the foundations in a deliberate method,” the Chief Minister mentioned winding up the talk on the movement of because of the Governor for his handle.
In 2022, this Governor delivered his handle with out altering the speech. However within the following three years, he averted delivering his customary handle citing ‘absurd’ causes, the Chief Minister mentioned.
Singing the Tamil anthem (Tamil Thai Valthu) earlier than the session begins and enjoying the nationwide anthem after the handle has been the custom for lengthy. “I feel, the Governor is unable to digest the truth that Tamil Nadu is growing. I could also be an abnormal individual however this Legislative Meeting got here into existence because of the emotions of crore of individuals,” Mr Stalin mentioned.
This Home can not bear to see the Governor doing one thing with political motives that drags the place and duty he held by not respecting the dignity of this Meeting, not respecting the individuals’s emotions, and ‘daring’ to insult the Tamil anthem. “We should always not see such issues once more,” the Chief Minister added.
On January 6, Mr Ravi left the Meeting with out delivering the customary handle. The Raj Bhavan later mentioned that he left ‘in deep anguish’ because the nationwide anthem wasn’t performed.
“Disrespecting the Structure doesn’t augur properly for democracy,” the Governor had then mentioned. Reacting, Stalin had mentioned, “it was infantile of the Governor selecting to not learn the federal government handle.” In his reply to the Home as we speak, Stalin reminded that the Dravidian rebellion arose towards neglect, humiliation, and oppression. Stalin, who’s president of DMK, exuded confidence that his get together would definitely type the federal government for the seventh time.
On the opposition AIADMK members turning up within the Meeting sporting black shirts and sarees to protest towards the state authorities over the Anna College scholar sexual assault case, he sought to know if that they had the braveness to stage a ‘black shirt’ protest towards the Governor who continued to insult Tamil Nadu.
“I might have been pleased if the AIADMK had worn black shirts to sentence the Union Authorities or the nationwide training coverage,” the Chief Minister mentioned.
On the legislation and order state of affairs, Stalin mentioned the police functioned independently and introduced down the crimes. He was a liberal in allowing agitations by the opposition events, the CM mentioned.
Later, Chief of the Home Duraimurugan requested Speaker M Appavu to pronounce his ruling on the dialogue between the Chief Minister and Chief of the Opposition Edappadi Okay Palaniswami over the details on submitting FIR within the Pollachi sexual assault case.
Appavu acknowledged that after perusing the proof submitted to him by the Chief Minister and Palaniswami, it was clear that the FIR was registered twelve days after the crime was reported.
“The Chief Minister had conveyed the proper info to the Home,” Appavu mentioned.
Because the AIADMK members protested towards his ruling, Appavu mentioned he would relaxation the case at this juncture with out going into particulars, and adjourned the Home sine die.
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