Chennai: Days after Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi dismissed controversial Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) minister V. Senthil Balaji, solely to remain his order on Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s recommendation, the state Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) stated a governor shouldn’t be speaking politics.
At Villupuram throughout an occasion Wednesday, BJP chief Ok. Annamalai stated the governor shouldn’t be a politician to be speaking about each downside of the state.
He was responding to a query on whether or not Ravi ought to work together extra typically with the media, like his Telangana counterpart, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan.
The previous IPS officer stated, “Our stand is that the governor shouldn’t meet the press, as a result of he shouldn’t discuss politics. Although I’m the state chief of the ruling occasion on the Centre, my opinion is that it will set a improper precedent.”
“The governor has the suitable to criticise a authorities contained in the meeting…reacting on a regular basis will carry down the dignity of their put up,” he added.
On 29 June, Ravi had eliminated Senthil Balaji as minister following his arrest in reference to an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe in an alleged cash-for-jobs rip-off throughout his tenure because the transport minister within the then All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) authorities. Nonetheless, Shah requested him to hunt the opinion of the Legal professional Basic on the problem.
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DMK vs governor
Senthil Balaji’s abrupt dismissal from the Cupboard put a highlight on Tamil Nadu the place the DMK-led authorities and Governor Ravi have been at loggerheads for a yr and a half.
In November 2022, DMK and its allies had written to President Droupadi Murmu demanding the elimination of the governor. In April this yr, the state meeting handed a proper decision urging the central authorities and the president to repair a time restrict for “governors to present assent to payments handed by legislatures”.
The DMK has repeatedly accused the governor of “performing like a BJP agent”.
The BJP, which has principally voiced its assist for the governor, has chosen to order its feedback on Balaji’s dismissal. On 30 June, Annamalai tweeted, “BJP Tamil Nadu, for now, reserves its feedback on the dismissal of Money for Job Rip-off Thiru Senthil Balaji from the council of ministers by the Hon Governor of TN.”
“Nonetheless, we need to remind TN CM Thiru @mkstalin of his doublespeak. In 2018, the then-opposition chief demanded {that a} minister be sacked by the Hon Governor as there was a corruption allegation in opposition to him. What has modified between then & now? DMK’s drama wouldn’t change the truth that Thiru Senthil Balaji is an accused beneath arrest!,” he added.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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