'Not Invited For Telangana Secretariat Inauguration': Guv Tamilisai Amid Row Over New Parliament Opening

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan said, "Everyone questioned whether the Governor was invited. (They said) no, since CM is ruling."

The Raj Bhavan clarified that Governor Tamilisai did not attend the inauguration of the new Secretariat as she did not receive any invitation from the State government (File Photo)

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan stated that she was not invited to the inauguration of Telangana Secretariat and said that she was not even given an invite since the CM was ruling the state. She said that the President was a non-political person. 

 

According to ANI, Telangana Governor & Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan said, "Very Recently Telangana Secretariat was built magnificently, it was inaugurated by CM. Everyone questioned whether the Governor was invited. (They said) no, since CM is ruling. Not even an invitation for that ceremony was given (to me). You (Opposition) say the President is a non-political person but why you don't say this for Governors?..."

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Early this month, the Raj Bhavan also clarified that Governor Tamilisai did not attend the inauguration of the new Secretariat as she did not receive any invitation from the State government.

Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday lashed out against the political parties who were speaking highly of President Droupadi Murmu as an eminent leader from the tribal community, saying that they had run a bitter campaign against her before she was elected as the President.

The minister was speaking to reporters at Raj Bhavan in Chennai.

Sitharaman said that these political parties had earlier 'abused' Murmu and called her a 'rubber stamp'. She said that these parties had even said that President Murmu represented 'evil forces'. Sitharaman said that by the words 'evil forces', the opposition parties meant the RSS. Sitharaman stated that the present Central government gives high respect to the President and added that the opposition parties had not said anything to honour the President.

(With IANS inputs)