Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS)

Communist Party of India –Marxist, Tamil Nadu unit secretary, K. Balakrishnan has said that the Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan was turning into a political camp. He was referring to the meeting between Tamil super star Rajanikanth and the Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi on Monday.

In a statement on Tuesday, the CPI-M leader asked whether the Raj Bhavan is the office of a political party or the residence of the Governor. He said that governor’s house was not a party office to discuss politics. This was following Rajanikanth telling media persons that he had discussed politics with the governor of Tamil Nadu.

The CPI-M leader in the statement said, “ It is acceptable to meet the governor as a matter of respect. However, the governor’s official residence is not a place for political discourse. The governor should not act as the representative of a political party. What is the necessity of the governor to discuss political matters with the actor that cannot be shared with the media? Thereby in an unconstitutional manner, the governor’s office has been turned into a political camp.”

The CPI-M leader said that the governor was going beyond his limit as a constitutional authority.  He said that it was condemnable to turn the governor’s office into an opponent camp to run a parallel government against the elected government of Tamil Nadu.

K. Balakrishnan said that this was against the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.  In the statement, the senior leader said, “ How long are we going to tolerate this behaviour of the governor who continues to act beyond the limits of his authority.”