Chennai Apr 18 PTI The Tamil Nadu government does not have any personal enmity towards Governor R N Ravi who has a pleasant disposition Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Monday in the Assembly Stalin justified the non-participation in a recent Raj Bhavan event saying it was because of pendency of the anti-NEET Bill The Governor not forwarding the anti-NEET Bill to the Centre to get Presidential assent is an insult to the people of the State and not to him Stalin said Respecting the peoples sentiments Ravi should have sent the Bill to the Centre but not doing so is not proper and it also went against the dignity of the House he said The TN Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill which was passed on September 13 2021 was returned by the Governor to the government on February 1 2022 for reconsideration On February 8 this year the Bill was adopted again by the Assembly and it was sent to the Raj Bhavan Explaining the reason for not taking part in a reception hosted by Ravi days ago Stalin said participation would have meant hurting peoples sentiments and further eroding the dignity of the House as the anti-NEET Bill was stuck in the Raj Bhavan and lying unattended Constrained by this the government could not take part in the event he said Since it is his responsibility to uphold the Assembly honour he had to take such a decision the Chief Minister said The government would echo peoples sentiments in all fora and protect peoples rights in the matter On April 14 the ruling DMK and its allies boycotted the At Home reception hosted by the Governor here in protest against the pendency of the Bill that sought exemption of Tamil Nadu from NEETs ambit We do not have any personal enmity towards the honourable Governor the Chief Minister said making a statement in the Assembly At a personal level Stalin said he and Ravi shared a cordial relationship The Governor has lauded the governments performance during conversations in person and also appreciated in public The Chief Minister said the Governor has a pleasant disposition who gave him and the government a lot of respect and the government reciprocated it The government would always give him due respect which is the culture transcending political boundaries We should always guard this culture at all times and we will Citing news reports stating that Ravi has decided to send the Bill to President Ram Nath Kovind Stalin said after watching developments related to it if needed the next course of action would be decided by convening a meeting of all parties in the House PTI VGN NVG NVG

Chennai Nov 26 PTI A Naval officer who was here on a vacation drowned at the suburban Kovalam beach authorities said on Friday The officers body was fished out on Friday at Kelambakkam about 5 kilometres away from the location where he was washed away Lieutenant Commander J R Suresh of the Indian Navy was washed away at Kovalam beach in the outskirts of Chennai on 25 November 2021 evening The body of the officer has been recovered at Kelambakam around noon on 26 November a Defence release here said The officer was posted in New Delhi and he was on a vacation to Kovalam along with his family the release added PTI VGN SS SS