Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi could have chosen not to come to the Assembly if he felt the text of his customary address prepared by the State government was against his conscience, Law Minister S. Regupathy said in Chennai on Monday.
Speaking to reporters in the Secretariat campus, after Mr. Ravi refused to read out his prepared speech, Mr. Regupathy said if the Governor had raised his objections over the text claiming it was not the truth, the State government was prepared to give its response.
The Governor’s gesture would only strengthen the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc in the northern States, Mr. Regupathy said, and further charged that it had “vulgarised” democracy.
