On Sep 18th Saturday, Ravindra Narayan Ravi took oath as the Governor of Tamil Nadu. He replaces Banwarilal Purohit who has now been appointed as the Governor of Punjab. Ravi was administered the oath by Chief Justice of Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee at an official ceremony at the Raj Bhavan.
Chief Minister MK Stalin, his cabinet colleague, Leader of the Opposition K. Palaniswami, and others attended. President Ram Nath Kovind had appointed Ravi, a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer as the governor of the state only last week. Earlier Ravi was from Nagaland.
He was also appointed by the Center as an interlocutor for the Naga peace talks. After the swearing-in ceremony, Stalin introduced State Assembly Speaker M. Appavu and his cabinet colleagues to him. However, Banwarilal Purohit who has now been appointed as the Governor of Punjab is replaced by Ravindra Narayan. He took the oath as Governor.
Ravi was appointed as the Governor of Nagaland on 20 July 2019 by the order of the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. Meanwhile, the Nagaland Peace Accord between Naga's and the Indian government was achieved during his stint in August 2015. It's been a major breakthrough for achieving peace in the region since the 1997 ceasefire agreement. As interlocutor, Ravi had a fallout with the Isak Muivah-led National Socialist Council of Nagaland in 2020 with whom he maneuvered the signing of the 2015 Framework Agreement So after he allegedly misinterpreted the agreement and tried to manipulate it.
