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The Raj Bhavan connected Friday (November 7, 2025) said Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has truthful acold reserved 10 Bills for the information of the President of India, arsenic they were contrary to the provisions of the University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations, arsenic framed nether the Act of Parliament. They were “considered beyond the remit of the State Legislature,” it said successful a statement.
The Governor had granted assent to 81% of the 211 Bills received arsenic connected October 31, 2025, it added.
The 10 Bills were initially withheld by the Governor and the decisions were conveyed to the government, but they were adopted again by the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly and submitted to the Governor, the authoritative merchandise further said.
The clarification has been issued owed to “certain unfounded and factually incorrect allegations” made successful the nationalist domain that the Governor has been delaying assent to Bills passed by the Assembly, the merchandise stated.
Between September 18, 2021, and October 31, 2025, a full of 211 Bills were received by the Governor. Of them, 170 Bills person been granted assent, portion 27 were reserved for the information of the President. Among the 27, 16 were reserved for the President’s information “on the petition of the State Government.” While 4 Bills were returned with a message, 2 were withdrawn by the State government.
Of the 170 cleared Bills, 73 were granted assent wrong a week; 61 wrong a month; 27 wrong 3 months and; 9 beyond 3 months. Eight Bills person been received successful the past week of October this twelvemonth and they were nether consideration, the Raj Bhavan said. These details, it said, would “demonstrate the falsity of the claims made connected societal media and nationalist domain.”
The Governor has examined each Bill with owed diligence to uphold the regularisation of instrumentality and support the interests of the radical of Tamil Nadu, the Raj Bhavan said. He has ever acted strictly successful accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and has been performing his Constitutional duties with “utmost sincerity, transparency, and committedness and with implicit fairness, diligence, and respect for antiauthoritarian processes.”
The Raj Bhavan said, the Governor held the highest respect and respect for the radical of Tamil Nadu and has been supporting spiritual, cultural, and linguistic initiatives that item Tamil heritage, art, literature. He continues to enactment for their payment wrong the model of the Constitution of India, it added.
