Overview
- The first sitting is scheduled for January 20 at 9:30 a.m. at Fort St. George in Chennai with the customary opening listed on the agenda.
- By convention, proceedings begin with the Tamil Thai Vazhthu, the Governor delivers the address in English, and the Speaker follows with a Tamil version.
- Whether R. N. Ravi will deliver the entire address remains unclear after omissions in 2023 and walkouts in 2024 and 2025.
- Lok Bhavan has defended the Governor’s past exits by citing the timing of the national anthem and what it called misleading passages in the government-prepared text.
- The session is expected to last only a few days, likely through January 23, with the Business Advisory Committee to fix the debate days on the motion of thanks.