In a message on X, Regupathy also wondered if Modi was not aware of Governors trampling over traditions in the States not under BJP rule and pointed out that in Tamil Nadu the Governor would not even read out the Governor’s Address prepared by the State government.
While the Governor was bound to read out the Address, as prepared by the State Government, he had not been doing it despite the Chief Minister, M K Stalin, out of courtesy, extending a formal invitation through the Speaker M Appavu, he said.
Since the Supreme Court had promised to resolve the differences between the Tamil Nadu government and the Governor “in the spirit of the Constitution” and in the “interest of one and all” and expressed the hope that it could be done over a cup of coffee ahead of the scheduled court hearing on February 6, the law minister’s comments have raised concerns.
When no political leader had reacted to the Supreme Court’s promise to settle the matter and the Governor himself had refrained from expressing any views on it, what could be the outcome of the law minister’s comment on the sensitive issue is not known.
With not much time left before the next hearing of the case, how both the State government and also Raj Bhavan planning to approach the sensitive issue is to be seen.
Will the Union Government, as indicated by the Prime Minister’s comment, advise the Governor to mend his ways and patch up with the State Government by abandoning his recalcitrance is now the big question.
In all probability, it might happen as in the past when the Governor, who was once harping on calling Tamil Nadu and Tamizhagam, gave up on that and started using the name of the State in the accepted form. Similarly, the Governor may also have to come around and clear the Bills pending before him, including those relating to State universities,