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RN Ravi can kill bills by withholding them. But this stifles people’s mandate

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Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi says if he withholds assent to a bill, it’s dead. His Excellency is right. He can kill bills if he sits over them indefinitely. But this also amounts to stifling people’s mandate given to lawmakers. Constitution doesn’t obligate governors to obstruct governance in non-BJP-ruled states.

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