Chennai: The rift between Governor RN Ravi and the DMK government has widened due to the delay in providing assent to the Bills passed by the Tamilnadu Assembly. The DMK has made it clear that they are not happy with governor RN Ravi.
DMK parliamentary party leader T R Baalu on Monday gave a notice for a calling attention motion in the Lok Sabha against Ravi for not giving assent to bills passed by the State Assembly and not forwarding them to the President.
Baalu, in the notice given to the secretary general of Lok Sabha under Rule 197, dubbed the delay on the part of the Governor in deciding on the bills as a ‘constitutional deadlock’ created by him.
Baalu said more than seven Bills have been passed by the Assembly but the Governor had neither given his approval nor sent them to the President. ‘Are we running a jungle raj? How can we run a government,’ he asked.
While Speaker Om Birla pointed out that the matter pertained to the Assembly, Minister for State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said a special notice had to be given to discuss a constitutional authority like Governor.
DMK spokesperson Saravanan stated that the Governor has been playing politics while he has taken an oath to protect, preserve and defend the Constitution.
Meanwhile, speaking to BBC Tamil, the Governor said he was acting as per the Constitution and has sought explanation from the government on a couple of Bills.