A fresh controversy is taking the centre stage in Tamil Nadu as the Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi returned the file pertaining to the reallocation of portfolios following the arrest of Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji by the Enforcement Directorate.
ED arrested Senthil Balaji
The ED on Tuesday had launched searches at locations linked to Balaji at Chennai, Karur and Erode as part of probe into money laundering and arrested him on Wednesday.
Amid the row over the alleged money laundering case, Balaji was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a government hospital early on Wednesday where he underwent coronary angiogram and was advised bypass surgery at the "earliest".
Governor declines CM Stalin's recommention
According to state Higher Education minister K Ponmudi, Ravi had declined Chief Minister M K Stalin's recommendation to reallocate the portfolios of electricity and prohibition, held by Balaji, to Ministers Thangam Thennarasu and S Muthusamy.
바카라The Chief Minister has the right to decide on the portfolio allocations or in inducting a minister or dropping a minister from the council of ministers, as per constitution and not the Governor,바카라 Ponmudi said in a statement.
On May 31, the Governor had sent a letter to the CM asking to drop Senthil Balaji and the very next day, Stalin had given a detailed reply.
바카라The Governor, who ought to know the constitution, should have accepted the CM바카라s recommendation on the portfolio reallocation. But the Governor is acting like the agent of the BJP government at the Centre,바카라 Ponmudi said.
바카라Merely because a minister faces a case, he can바카라t be removed. Was home minister Amit Shah who faced a case when he was a state minister, sacked?바카라 Ponmudi asked and added in the past many AIADMK ministers who faced cases were not sacked.
