Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi today declined to read out the DMK government prepared text as part of his customary address in the state Assembly due to inaccuracies in it. Lok Bhavan issued a detailed clarification, asserting that the Governor was denied an opportunity to speak. It was stated that Governor was declined to read the address after his microphone was repeatedly switched off and he was not permitted to place his views before the House.
The Lok Bhavan said, the Tamil Nadu government claim that the state attracted huge investments to the tune of over 12 lakh crore rupees is far from the truth. Minutes after Ravi walked out of the 234-member House without delivering his address, the Lok Bhavan issued a 13-point explainer on why Ravi declined to read out the address. The Lok Bhavan said, the speech contained numerous unsubstantiated claims and misleading statements, and several crucial issues troubling the people were ignored.
Governor walked out citing the reason that the National Anthem was not played. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the Governor’s action amounted to dishonouring an elected Government and termed it unconstitutional. The Speaker of the Assembly M Appavu started reading the translation of the Governor’s speech. Opposition members AIADMK, BJP and Anbumani’s faction of the PMK immediately stood to their feet and demanded that the Assembly should discuss the law and order situation in the Tamil Nadu.
