CPI on SC Judgment of TN Governor Ravi

The CPI welcomes the Supreme Court’s judgment setting aside Tamil Nadu

Governor RN Ravi’s reservation of 10 Bills passed by the state assembly for

the President.

The SC declared that the actions of Mr. RN Ravi lack bona fides. This verdict

comes in the backdrop of Governor RN Ravi’s repeated and deliberate

obstruction of legislations passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly — a clear

violation of constitutional norms and an affront to democratic governance.

The Court rightly asserted that the Governor cannot withhold assent or delay

action on Bills indefinitely. The judgment is a strong rebuke to the RSS-BJP’s

wider design to erode federalism by abusing the Governor’s office, a pattern

also seen in states like Kerala.

This ruling reaffirms the supremacy of elected state governments and the

foundational principle of federalism, rejecting the colonial mindset that seeks

to use Governors as political agents of the Union Government.

CPI is consistently fighting for the abolition of the office of Governor itself as

it is a colonial relic and an undemocratic authority. The SC judgment has

vindicated the CPI’s position of Governor’s office being a burden on the

functioning of democratically elected states governments.

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