TN CM Stalin: No animosity towards governor Ravi

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government does not have any personal enmity towards Governor R N Ravi who has a pleasant disposition, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Monday in the Assembly.

Stalin justified the non-participation in a recent Raj Bhavan event, saying it was because of pendency of the anti-NEET Bill.

The Governor, not forwarding the anti-NEET Bill to the Centre to get Presidential assent, is an insult to the people of the State and not to him, Stalin said.

Respecting people’s sentiments, Ravi should have sent the Bill to the Centre but not doing so is not proper and it also went against the dignity of the House, he said.

The TN Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, which was passed on September 13, 2021, was returned by the Governor to the government on February 1, 2022 for reconsideration. On February 8 this year, the Bill was adopted again by the Assembly and it was sent to the Raj Bhavan.