Governor’s actions amount to political interference: VCK
The Hindu
‘This is an attempt to interfere with State’s rights’
VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan on Wednesday objected to Governor R.N. Ravi “seeking reports from State government departments”, and said this was an attempt to interfere with the State’s rights.
The DMK government must resist this and protect the State’s rights, he said. The VCK chief said the Governor’s actions amounted to political interference.
“When the Chief Secretary wrote to the secretaries of various departments, asking them to be ready with reports to be shown to the Governor, it became an issue. Immediately, the Chief Secretary said this was routine and had been misunderstood. However, now the Governor wants to speak to the Vice-Chancellors of various universities on October 30. This shows that the Governor is trying to politically interfere in the governance of Tamil Nadu,” he said.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.