The Governor of Tamil Nadu RN Ravi walked out of the Legislative Assembly’s first session in 2023 after a tussle with the state’s Chief Minister MK Stalin.

The ongoing tussle between the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Governor RN Ravi escalated after CM Stalin asked the Speaker of the House to retain the speech prepared by the state government and remove the parts that the governor added or skipped.

According to a report by India Today, after the governor skipped a few words including, ‘Dravidian model of governance’, MK Stalin interrupted RN Ravi’s speech and expressed regret that the Governor had avoided certain portions of the prepared address.

The chief minister moved a resolution and it was adopted, following which RN Ravi left the House immediately. It is perhaps the first time that such an incident has happened in the history of the Assembly.

Stalin moving the resolution said that it was very “sad” that the Governor skipped the printed speech approved by the Assembly. He said, “What he has done is against the policy of the government and the rules of the Assembly. So we move this resolution relaxing Rule 17 of the State Assembly to retain the entire speech.”

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