Amid differences over a host of issues between the Raj Bhavan and
the ruling DMK, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Monday arrived for delivering his customary
New Year address to the Legislative Assembly, but left the house without delivering it.
After recital of the traditional Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu prayer song, invoking the blessings of
Tamil Mother God, the Governor left the House in a huff without delivering his customary New Year
address prepared by the government to the House. .
This was for the thrid year in a row that the Governor’s spat with the State government in
the house continued.
After skipping references to Dravidian Model governance and a few lines and deviating from
the prepared text in 2023, the Governor had read only the first two paras and the last para of the address
prepared by the DMK government last year (in 2024).
The State Assembly had adopted a resolution against the Governor’s act last year.
And this year too, he came but left without delivering his address.
Later, a Raj Bhavan communique said the Governor had not delivered the address due to
insult caused by non-recital of the National Anthem
