Stalin meets Governor, seeks the assent of 21 pending Bills

With as many as 21 Bills adopted by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly pending in the Raj Bhavan, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday called on Governor R N Ravi and urged him to grant assent to the legislations so as “to uphold the spirt of the Constitution and the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu.” The Chief Minister, accompanied by his Cabinet colleagues Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan, Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy and Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu met the Governor at the Raj Bhavan. Releasing a photo of the meeting, the Raj Bhavan said, “In a cordial meeting, State affairs were discussed.” The State government release said among the Bills pending assent is the legislation to replace the Governor as Chancellor of State-run universities with the Chief Minister. The Assembly had adopted separate Bills to amend the Acts governing different fields of university education to empower the State government appoint Vice-Chancellors for universities. The Bills on appointing Vice-Chancellors for State-run universities cited the Gujarat University Act, 1949, and the Telangana Universities Act, 1991, which had empowered the respective State governments to appoint the Vice-Chancellors.