Topic: Tamil Nadu Governor

While BJP has reserved comment on Governor RN Ravi's dismissal of DMK minister Senthil Balaji, state party chief Annamalai says governors can 'criticise govt inside the assembly'.

Ravi order to dismiss Senthil Balaji, now in abeyance, called 'unconstitutional'. SC previously held governor must act on advice of council of ministers barring ‘exceptional circumstances’.

Governor R.N. Ravi took the decision barely 5 hours after his initial letter dismissing Balaji as he was ‘facing serious criminal proceedings in a number of cases of corruption, including taking cash for jobs and money laundering’.

In a letter, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has asked non-BJP ruled states to pass a resolution urging Union govt to fix a timeframe for governors to approve bills & not stall governance.

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At an event in Raj Bhavan, Governor R.N. Ravi said Tamil Nadu should be called ‘Tamizhagam’. Although he has BJP’s support, Dravidian parties DMK & AIADMK criticised the remarks.

Ravi, a former IPS officer, is the state's 26th Governor and was appointed as the Centre's Interlocutor for the Naga peace talks in 2014, a responsibility he continues to discharge.

Tamil Nadu minister D Jayakumar said the chief minister submitted a representation to the Governor, while taking up the release of the seven convicts.