DMK to demand code of conduct for guvs in Parl

Party vexed over centre's 'reluctance to promote' TN Iron Age findings

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Chennai:

THE ruling DMK on Wednesday resolved to highlight its demand for formulating a "Code of Conduct" on how the governors should function and setting a timeframe for the governors to act on granting assent to bills passed by the Assemblies in the upcoming budget session in the parliament.

The resolution to this extent was passed at the meeting of party MPs convened on Wednesday here, under the chairmanship of party president and Chief Minister MK Stalin.

In its resolution, the party said the office of the governor is increasingly getting politicised. It stressed the need for such code of conduct until the position of governor is fully abolished. The party recalled it had already moved the Supreme Court seeking such measures.