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Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) delivered his customary code during the archetypal league of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, aft the authorities led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay assumed bureau and won the spot vote, marking a creaseless commencement to the House proceedings without immoderate disruptions.
The league began astatine 10 a.m. with the rendition of the State opus Tamil Thaai Vazhthu (Invocation of Mother Tamil), followed by the National Anthem. This was a interruption from House normal wherever the National Anthem is played lone astatine the extremity of the Governor’s Address. This time, it was played towards the end, too. During the erstwhile DMK regime, the erstwhile Governor R.N. Ravi had walked retired of the House protesting, among different things, against the Speaker not heeding to his request to play the National Anthem astatine the opening of the league arsenic well.
37-minute-long address
The Governor commenced his code successful English astatine 10.02 a.m. with erstwhile Chief Minister and Dravidian stalwart C.N. Annadurai’s quote, “The radical are the existent masters of the nation.”
His code was divided into 57 points. During his speech, the Governor quoted the Thirukkural verse “Pirappokkum Ella Uyirkkum” and B.R. Ambedkar’s statement, “True ideology is the national of each 3 — equality, liberty and fraternity.” The Governor concluded his 37-minute-long code astatine 10.39 a.m.
Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar began speechmaking retired the Tamil mentation of the Governor’s code astatine 10.39 a.m., instantly aft the Governor completed his speech. The Speaker concluded his speechmaking astatine 11.10 a.m., aft which the National Anthem was sung. The Governor, aft greeting the Chief Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Ministers, and MLAs, near the House astatine 11.11 a.m.
DMK protest
Meanwhile, immoderate DMK members pointed retired method glitches successful the gadgets placed successful beforehand of them, arsenic they were incapable to entree the Governor’s address. The glitches were resolved later. The DMK MLAs participated successful the Assembly proceedings by wearing achromatic badges that said “Vaai Thiranga CM [Open your mouth, CM]”.
Assembly successful league till June 23
After the Governor’s address, a Business Advisory Committee gathering was held, during which it was decided to behaviour the Assembly league for 3 days — June 19, June 22, and June 23.
Briefing journalists, the Speaker said connected June 19, obituary references to the passing of erstwhile MLAs and condolence resolutions for seasoned CPI person R. Nallakannu, erstwhile Assembly Secretary C.K. Ramasamy, movie producers R.B. Choudary and K. Rajan, and seasoned movie manager Bharathiraja would beryllium passed.
The Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address volition beryllium moved connected June 19, and the statement connected it volition proceed connected June 22. The reply to the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address volition beryllium delivered connected June 23. The Assembly league volition statesman astatine 9.30 a.m., and the Question Hour volition beryllium suspended for these 3 days. He besides thanked the Governor for the creaseless behaviour of the proceedings connected Thursday.
To a question connected the National Anthem being rendered some astatine the opening and the extremity of the Governor’s Address, the Speaker said, “There is thing incorrect successful rendering the National Anthem twice. What is important is that Tamil Thaai Vazhthu was sung astatine the beginning.” He added discussions were underway for the unrecorded telecast of Assembly proceedings.
