TN Assembly Adjourns Till Wednesday After Adopting Condolence Resolutions

On Wednesday, the Assembly will meet again to debate on the motion to thank Governor R.N. Ravi for his customary address in the House.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will respond to the debate on Friday.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, which commenced for the second day, adjourned after passing the condolence resolution of important people including sitting Congress MLA Thirumahan Everaa and DMK leader Masthan on Tuesday.

The eminent personalities for whom obituaries were read include Brazilian football legend Pele, DMK leader and Vice Chairman of Tamil Nadu Minority commission Dr Masthan, Tamil scholars K. Nedumchezhiyan and Avaai Natarajan, writer and artist Manohar Devadoss, and film narrator Auroor Das.

On Wednesday, the Assembly will meet again to debate on the motion to thank Governor R.N. Ravi for his customary address in the House.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will respond to the debate on Friday.

DMK To Raise Issue Against TN Governor

Notably, the Assembly witnessed unruly and tumultuous scenes after the ruling party came out strongly against the Governor skipping portions of the written speech given by the government.

The Chief Minister had to move a resolution against Governor R.N. Ravi's address following which the latter walked out of the House even before the national anthem was played.

Meanwhile, the ruling DMK is set to politically raise the issue of Tamil Nadu Governor interfering in the functioning of the state government, a senior party leader said on Tuesday.

The Governor skipping a paragraph while reading out his speech in the state Legislative Assembly on Monday has turned into a catalyst for the DMK to raise the issue across the state and to make it a discussion among the people.

While speaking to IANS, the party leader pointed out, "The Governor has been dancing to the Centre's tune and the DMK cannot sit idle when Tamil pride has been insulted by a person who has no knowledge about our legacy and our Dravidian ideology."

Governor R.N. Ravi, while addressing the first session of the state Legislative Assembly on Monday, skipped the paragraph mentioning the names of Dravidian ideologues -- E.V Ramasamy Periyar, Dr B.R. Ambedkar -- and former Chief Ministers -- K. Kamaraj and C.N. Annadurai. While the Governor also skipped reading the name of Kalaignar Karunanidhi, he read it in another line.

(With agency inputs)