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Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi, connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026), walked retired of the Legislative Assembly without delivering the customary code connected the opening time of the archetypal league of the year, a fewer minutes aft Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu (the State anthem) was rendered.
Shortly aft Mr. Ravi left, the House adopted a solution moved by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to instrumentality connected grounds lone the approved substance of the Governor’s code prepared by the State government. Thereafter, Speaker M. Appavu work retired the Tamil mentation of the same.
Governor’s mic turned off: Lok Bhavan
However, the Lok Bhavan successful a speedy statement, justified Mr. Ravi’s walkout saying the prepared Governor’s Address contained “unsubstantiated claims and misleading statements” and claimed “the Governor’s mic was repeatedly switched disconnected and helium was not allowed to speak.”
“The code contains galore unsubstantiated claims and misleading statements. Several important issues troubling the radical are ignored. Claim that the State attracted immense investments to the tune of implicit ₹12 lakh crores is acold from the truth. Many of the MOUs with prospective investors stay lone connected paper. Actual concern is hardly a fraction of it. Investment information amusement that Tamil Nadu is becoming little charismatic for investors. Until 4 years agone Tamil Nadu, among the States, was the 4th largest recipient of overseas nonstop investment. Today it is struggling to stay astatine the Sixth.”
Citing different issues, the connection said, “Women information contented is wholly ignored though determination is alarming summation of implicit 55% incidents of POCSO Rapes and implicit 33% summation successful incidents of intersexual molestation of women. Rampant prevalence of narcotics and drugs and crisp summation successful cause maltreatment cases among younker including schoolhouse students is simply a precise superior concern. Over 2,000, mostly youth, committed termination successful 1 twelvemonth owed to cause abuse. It is earnestly jeopardising our future. It is casually bypassed.”
The Lok Bhavan added, “Atrocities against Dalits and intersexual unit against Dalit women is sharply increasing. However; it is wholly bypassed. About 20,000 radical successful our State committed termination successful 1 year, astir 65 suicides everyday. Nowhere other successful the state the concern is truthful alarming. Tamil Nadu is being referred arsenic the termination superior of India. Yet it does not look to interest the government. It is bypassed.”
‘Educational institutions mismanaged’
According to the statement, determination is dependable diminution successful standards of acquisition and wide mismanagement successful acquisition institutions adversely affecting the aboriginal of our youth. More than 50% module positions are vacant for years and impermanent faculties are restive each over. “Our younker are staring astatine uncertain future. It does not look to fuss the authorities and the contented is wholly bypassed,” it said.
No polls successful colony panchayats
“Several 1000 colony panchayats are defunct due to the fact that elections person not been held for years. They are straight nether peculiar officers of the government. Crores of radical are denied of their rights of grassroots democracy. This is against the missive and tone of the Constitution. People are anxiously waiting for restoration of colony panchayats. However, this does not find adjacent a notation successful the speech,” it added.
“Several 1000 temples successful the State are without Board of Trustees and are straight administered by the authorities government. Millions and millions of devotees are profoundly wounded and frustrated with the mismanagement of temples. Crucial directions of the Hon’ble Madras High Court connected the restoration and preservation of past temples are not implemented adjacent aft 5 years. Sentiments of devotees callously ignored,” it said.
“MSME sectors are nether immense accent owed to disposable and invisible costs of moving the industry. They are the important assemblage for employment and growth. However, arsenic against implicit 55 cardinal registered MSMEs successful the state Tamil Nadu has lone astir 4 cardinal contempt tremendous imaginable for growth. Entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu are forced to find their enterprises successful different states. The contented is wholly ignored,” the connection said.
National anthem insulted: Lok Bhavan
“There is wide discontentment among little rung employees successful astir each sectors. They are restive and frustrated. No notation of ways to code their genuine grievances. National Anthem is yet again insulted and the cardinal law work disregarded,” it added.
Four years successful a row
This was the 4th consecutive twelvemonth Mr. Ravi walked retired of the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Barring his maiden customary code to the House arsenic Tamil Nadu Governor successful 2022, Mr. Ravi walked retired of the Assembly successful 2023, 2024, and 2025 arsenic good each clip astatine assorted points during the sitting.
In 2023, helium walked retired astatine the extremity of the league aft Mr. Stalin disapproved of his selective deviation from the approved substance of the Governor’s code to the House and moved a solution to instrumentality connected grounds lone the transcript distributed to the members.
In 2024, helium work retired lone the archetypal paragraph of the code prepared by the authorities and refused to work retired the full text. At 1 constituent helium walked retired of the House. The Raj Bhavan (as Lok Bhavan was referred then) said the code “contained galore passages with misleading claims and facts and speechmaking them would person amounted to Governor’s code becoming a law travesty.”
Last year, Mr. Ravi walked retired of the House without speechmaking retired the customary address. Later the Raj Bhavan said the Governor had near the House “in heavy anguish” arsenic the “Constitution of Bharat” and the nationalist anthem were erstwhile again “insulted” successful the Assembly.
AIADMK MLAs locomotion out
When the Speaker started speechmaking retired the Tamil mentation of the Governor’s address, AIADMK MLAs led by the Leader of the Opposition Edappadi. K. Palaniswami raised slogans. Later, they besides staged a locomotion retired alleging breakdown of instrumentality and bid successful Tamil Nadu.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is disposable connected the State’s wellness helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416 and Sneha’s termination prevention helpline 044-24640050)
