NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 10
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to President Droupadi Murmu alleging that Governor RN Ravi “instigates communal hatred” and he is a “threat” to Tamil Nadu’s peace. His recent actions proved that he was biased and was not fit to continue in the Constitutional post. Stalin also listed out four major issues in which he alleged was unbecoming of the Governor, the government said on Sunday.
I have written to Hon'ble @rashtrapatibhvn apprising about the unconstitutional functioning of the Tamil Nadu Governor, his disregard for elected government and the state legislature, and overreach in state affairs. The Governor's acts of delaying assent to bills, interfering… pic.twitter.com/GQMFaw6anU
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) July 9, 2023
Stalin wrote a letter on Saturday (July 8), when Ravi had a “purposeful” meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.
In the letter that runs for 19 pages, Stalin launched a scathing attack against the governor saying the architects of the constitution would have never imagined such abuse of power by the governors.
In the letter to Murmu, Stalin said that Ravi has violated the oath of office he took under Article 159 of the Constitution, the government said in an official release.
குடியரசுத் தலைவருக்கு மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் திரு.மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் கடிதம்!
ஆளுநர் ஆர்.என்.ரவி வெளிப்படையாக அரசின் கொள்கைகளுக்கு முரணாகச் செயல்பட்டு தமிழ்நாடு அரசு மற்றும் சட்டமன்ற பணிகளுக்கு முடுக்கட்டை போடுகிறார்! pic.twitter.com/PicMX15bm2
— DMK (@arivalayam) July 9, 2023
“Ravi is stoking communal hatred and he is a threat to Tamil Nadu’s peace,” Stalin said in a letter dated July 8, 2023.
On the recent issue of the Governor’s move to dismiss Minister V Senthil Balaji from the Cabinet, which he later backtracked from, Ravi showed his political slant, the CM claimed in his letter.
On the one hand, Ravi delayed sanction to prosecute former ministers in the previous AIADMK regime and on the other hand, through his hasty action in Senthil Balaji’s matter — against whom only now a probe has begun — he has displayed his political inclinations, the letter said.
“By way of his behaviour and action, the Governor has proved to be partial and ineligible to hold the office of Governor; Ravi is fit to be removed from the high office,” the CM emphasised in his letter.
Unnecessary delay in granting assent to Bills adopted by the State Legislative Assembly, delay in granting sanction for prosecuting accused persons, assuming political and ideological positions against stands taken by the elected State government and supporting accused persons and interfering in the police investigation were among the allegations made by Mr. Stalin against Mr. Ravi.
A Tamil Nadu government release said the letter followed his earlier letter to the President, that was handed over by the State Law Minister, against Governor Ravi on January 12.
Stalin told Murmu that he was leaving the matter — of removing Ravi from office — to her, to decide whether Tamil Nadu Governor’s continuation in office would be desirable or suitable considering the sentiments and dignity of the founding fathers of India’s Constitution.
