Overview
- Governor R. N. Ravi left the House on January 20 without delivering the scheduled address, with his office alleging his microphone was cut and the national anthem was disrespected.
- Lok Bhavan said the Governor sought the national anthem at the start of proceedings and was not allowed to speak, repeating complaints made in earlier sessions.
- In recent years, the Governor omitted approved passages in 2023, declined to read the address in 2024, and exited in 2025 over the anthem issue.
- By convention, the sitting opens with Tamil Thai Valthu, the Governor reads the English text, the Speaker reads the Tamil version, and the national anthem is played at the end.
- The disruption casts doubt on the day’s schedule, including the Business Advisory Committee’s planning for the Motion of Thanks debate, as an election is due by April 2026.