Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam and joint coordinator Edappadi Palaniswami and PMK leaders have greeted new Governor R N Ravi.
Stalin in a tweet said, “My respects and greetings to Mr R N Ravi on his appointment as the TN Governor.”
Stalin hoped that Ravi’s arrival would provide an impetus to growth and prosperity of the State. ‘Tamilnadu welcomes you’, he added.
The Chief Minister also said that “with love and affection, we are sending off outgoing Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who was appointed as the Governor of Punjab.”
Panneerselvam, in his greetings, said “on behalf of the AIADMK, I welcome the appointment of Thiru R N Ravi, a retired IPS Officer who played a crucial role in the Naga peace talks, as the Governor of Tamilnadu.”
His appointment will certainly boost the development and fortune of Tamilnadu to a great extent. ‘I wish him all success’, he said in a tweet.
Palaniswami also took to Twitter to greet the new TN Governor. “After stupendously serving as IPS Officer in Kerala and as Governor of Nagaland, Ravi is now set to take charge as the new Governor of Tamilnadu. I wish him all the best”.
PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss and Youth Wing leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Anbumani Ramadoss also greeted Ravi on his appointment as the new TN Governor.
TNCC president K S Alagiri said former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, after being appointed as Lt Governor of neighbouring Puducherry, when the Congress was in power there, created ‘many roadblocks’ following which a ‘number of welfare schemes could not be implemented’ there.
He doubted the Centre’s ‘intention’ over the move, wondering if it was an attempt to target the Stalin-led DMK government.