New Delhi/Chennai: Stepping up drive in opposition to Tamil Nadu Governor, the ruling DMK has instructed President Droupadi Murmu to sack RN Ravi, alleging that he has violated the oath he took underneath the Charter and levelled a sequence of allegations in opposition to him.

Amongst others, the DMK-led Secular Modern Alliance (SPA) took exception to his “praising Sanatana Dharma” and charged Ravi with “instigating communal hatred.” The memorandum dated November 2, 2022 has been submitted with the President’s place of job, the DMK mentioned on Tuesday. It was once launched right here.

The petition, signed by means of SPA participants of Parliament and submitted with the President’s place of job, additionally indexed out the pending expenses with the Raj Bhavan, together with one in search of exemption to the state from the ambit of the NEET and puzzled the extend for the assent. Ravi and the MK Stalin-led executive had been at loggerheads over numerous problems, together with the NEET, and his fresh remarks over the ‘extend’ in turning in the probe into the October 23 automobile explosion to the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) by means of the state executive has no longer long past down properly with the ruling dispensation. Additional, he Nationwide Front-cum-Eligibility Take a look at has emotional connotations in Tamil Nadu, as many aspirants, ranging from S Anita of Ariyalur, have died by means of suicide both not able to crack it or over apprehensions over clearing it. DMK’s 2021 ballot guarantees come with making sure NEET exemption to the state.

As a substitute of forwarding the NEET invoice to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Ravi “usurped the powers of the Hon’ble President and puzzled the knowledge of the Legislature and returned the Invoice, which is extremely vires of the powers conferred on a Governor,” the memorandum mentioned.

“Because of his behavior, the TN Meeting needed to be convened for a different consultation and the Meeting re-enacted the NEET Exemption Invoice and despatched it once more to the Governor. This displays that the Governor is performing in opposition to the collective will of the folk as expressed by means of the State Legislative Meeting. Those are all acts unbecoming of a Governor,” the ruling alliance MPs mentioned.

“Tamil Nadu is a paradise the place folks from other religions, languages and castes are living peacefully. The TN Governor Thiru (Mr) R N Ravi has advanced an unlucky propensity to publicly profess his loss of religion within the secular beliefs of this nation and often engages in divisive rhetoric. This is a humiliation to our executive which has utmost dedication to the secular ethos of this country.”

Ravi was once “unabashedly propagating bad, divisive, spiritual rhetoric in public, which is unbecoming of a Governor. His speeches are made with a calculated intent to incite hatred and create communal unrest some of the folks. Not too long ago he made a remark that “India relies on one faith like the remainder of the sector”. This commentary is an affront to India’s Charter. India relies on its Charter & regulations, no longer any faith,” it mentioned.

Up to now, he has made equivalent “communal remarks like praising sanatana dharma, communalising the jewel of Tamil literature – the Thirukural (a classical selection of couplets on quite a lot of facets of existence) & denouncing Dravidian heritage and Tamil delight. Those statements have led to deep wounds to the Tamil sentiment and delight,” the petition claimed.

The framers of the Charter would by no means have imagined a scenario the place a Governor brazenly contradicts the coverage of the elected State Govt or impedes law handed by means of the legislature by means of indefinitely delaying assent or acts in opposition to secularism, the petition mentioned

“The sort of scenario can best be described as autocracy. But, this kind of scenario prevails in Tamil Nadu,” the signatories alleged.

Preserving that the thoughts of a Governor must be freed from any political likes or dislikes or birthday celebration politics or expectancies of long term appointments after his tenure expires, they mentioned his/her consideration must be in opposition to the welfare of the folk and should defer to the selections of the elected representatives–the Leader Minster and the Council of Ministers.

“Ravi forgets that he has no longer received any elections in Tamil Nadu to come to a decision what’s excellent for the folk of Tamil Nadu.”

“Obviously, Thiru R N Ravi has violated the oath he took underneath Article 159 to maintain, give protection to and protect the Charter and the legislation and to commit himself to the carrier and well-being of the folk of Tamil Nadu. A ways from it, he has been instigating communal hatred, and is a risk to the peace and quietness of the State… subsequently by means of his behavior and movements, Thiru R N Ravi has proved that he’s undeserving to carry the constitutional place of job of Governor and subsequently he merits to be sacked right away,” the MPs mentioned within the 9-page memorandum.

Quoting from the Sarkaria Fee document, they mentioned it had spotted that the choice of Governors who’ve displayed the qualities of skill, integrity, impartiality and statesmanship had been at the declining facet.

“Lately the retired bureaucrats who’re/ have been devoted to the ruling birthday celebration within the Union Govt, are introduced the publish of Governor as quid professional quo. Those individuals should not have the elemental wisdom, integrity & impartiality to carry the place of job of Governor and change into a humiliation to the Govt and folks of the State. The picture of the Governor as simply an agent of the Union sitting in state capitals and desperately in search of a chance to run down the state executive when it’s within the palms of a birthday celebration antagonistic to the birthday celebration ruling at heart will deform our cooperative federalism and ruin our democracy,” the MPs alleged.

Additionally they submitted an inventory of pending Meeting Expenses with the Raj Bhavan, together with the one who seeks to confer the ability of Vice Chancellor appointments to the state executive as a substitute of the Chancellor, i.e., the Governor. 

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