Stalin meets Guv Ravi, urges immediate assent for pending Bills

CHENNAI: At a time when the Tamil Nadu government is in a tug of war with Governor RN Ravi, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday met the him and urged him to give assent for pending Bills passed by the State Assembly.

"During the meeting with the Governor, the Chief Minister had urged the Governor to give assent to the pending Bills passed by the State Assembly. As the medical admission is nearing, the Chief Minister had urged the Governor to give assent to the recently passed Tamil Nadu Siddha University Bill, 2022,” said a press communique from the State government.

The Siddha University Bill was one of the first Bills passed by the Assembly which intended to handover the power of appointing vice-chancellors of Universities to the State government and thus deviating from the practise of appointment by the Governor.

Even before that, the State government has not been on good terms with the Governor and it was visible on several occasions such as the NEET exemption Bill which was pending for long with the Governor and even a special Assembly session was convened to resend the Bill to Governor.

However, only during the recently concluded Assembly session Governor had sent the NEET Exemption Bill for the consideration of the President and the Chief Minister thanked the Governor for sending the Bill to the President, in the meeting.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister had also listed 21 pending Bills such as the Universities Bill, Cooperative Societies Amendment Bill, Apartment Ownership Bill and so on and urged the Governor to give assent for the Bills at the earliest.

Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy and Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu were also present in the meeting. The high profile meeting also raised expectations in political corridors guessing any possible chance of changes in the cabinet. It may be noted Chepauk MLA Udayanidhi Stalin recently in a statement urged the DMK cadres not to pass any resolution seeking inclusion of his name into the state cabinet.

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