Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker M. Appavu on Monday (January 6, 2025) maintained that the issue raised by Governor R.N. Ravi over the playing of the national anthem in February 2024 — during the first Assembly session of that year — had already been “resolved”. He further cited tradition, as per which the Tamil Thai Vaazhthu was to be sung before the Governor’s speech and the national anthem to be sung after it.

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Governor R N Ravi did not deliver his customary address on Day 1 of the Tamil Nadu Assembly session in 2025. The National Anthem was not sung, only the Tamil Tai Vazhdu was played. The Governor left the assembly in protest. The session saw protests from various political parties regarding different issues.

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Chennai, Jan 6 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi left the State Assembly in "deep anguish" over the "brazen disrespect to the Constitution and the National Anthem," on Monday, the Raj Bhavan said.Ravi arrived at the House to deliver the customary address to the members.He made fervent appeal to Chief Minister M K Stalin and Speaker M Appavu for singing the National Anthem but they "cussedly refused," the Governor's office alleged in a post on s…

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