The Tamil Nadu chief minister said, "It is the tradition of the Tamil Nadu legislature to sing the ‘Thamizh Thai Vazhthu’ (Invocation to Mother Tamil) before the commencement of the Governor’s address and towards the end, play the national anthem."
Welcoming the AMMK, led by TTV Dhinakaran, back into the NDA fold, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, election in-charge of Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday said the alliance partners have joined hands to remove the corrupt, incompetent and anti-Bharat DMK from power in the upcoming assembly poll.
Announcing the commencement of the first session of the new year on January 20, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu on Friday expressed hope that Governor RN Ravi will keep up the tradition and honour of the State legislature.
Stalin said the DMK party will always do what it promised and would promise what it can do.
The team left for Kerala on Tuesday and is conducting investigations in the neighbouring state as some of the accused who are out on bail are in Kerala.
The switch to using the 2011 Census by the 14th and the 15th Finance Commissions adversely affected Tamil Nadu. The sharp reduction of Corporate Income Tax in the 2017-18 Union Budget has reduced the share of direct taxes as a proportion of overall taxes.
According to an official statement, the government will introduce a law reserving 7.5 percent seats in technical courses for students who had studied in government schools.
The DMK government has not taken forward the implementation of the University citing a lack of funds. The AIADMK leader and former minister, CVe Shanmugham termed the DMK government's delaying tactics as part of vendetta politics practised by the DMK.
Speaking to reporters here, Palaniswami said a memorandum detailing the devastation left by cyclone Gaja has been submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
