Stalin attends Independence Day ‘At Home’ reception hosted by T.N. Governor at Raj Bhavan
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin attends Independence Day event with Cabinet, while allies boycott Governor R.N. Ravi's reception.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and a few of his Cabinet colleagues attended the annual Independence Day ‘At Home’ reception hosted by Governor R.N. Ravi at the Raj Bhavan on Thursday.
Mr. Stalin had boycotted ‘At Home’ last year over Mr. Ravi’s “pro-NEET” stand.
However, there was no major confrontation between the Governor and the government in recent months.
The allies of the DMK, including the Congress, the MDMK, the VCK, the CPI, the CPI(M), and the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, boycotted the event as they had announced earlier. DMK MLAs were not present either.
AIADMK general secretary and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi.K. Palaniswami did not attend the event.
Assembly Speaker M. Appavu and Ministers Duraimurugan, K.N. Nehru, I. Periasamy, K. Ponmudy, E.V. Velu, M.R.K. Panneerselvam, K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, Thangam Thennarasu, and Udhayanidhi Stalin took part at the event.
Judges of the Madras High Court, law officers, chairpersons of tribunals, retired defence personnel, Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena, Director-General of Police/Head of Police Force Shankar Jiwal, and senior officials of the State government were present.