Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, SEP 16 (NPN) : After serving the State a little over two years as governor, RN Ravi finally bade adieu to Nagaland on Wednesday to take over his new assignment as governor of Tamil Nadu. He left for New Delhi, from where he will head to Tamil Nadu on Thursday and sworn in as governor on September 17.
In his farewell message, Ravi said his intimate association with the people of Nagaland as governor had left him humbled and that he was deeply touched. He said the inherent strength of Naga people’s character, innate simplicity, ability to be patient with truth, howsoever inconvenient, and unbounded love and affection for a friend had few parallels in the world.
“Thank you for not letting me feel, even for a moment, as not one of you. I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to be associated with the people who strive for peace. I am confident that the people of Nagaland will continue to stand for peace and prosperity. I urge the youth to embrace truth and peace as against deceit and violence. The future of this State is in your hands. Please build the Nagaland of your dreams,” Ravi appealed.
Warning that Covid-19 was still around, he urged everyone to take good care of themselves, adding “You are always in my prayers.”
At the airport, Ravi was accorded a warm send-off by ministers, advisers, legislators, senior State government officials, Dimapur district administration, police and civil society organisations (CSOs).
Before being escorted off, he took the Rashtriya Salute from 9 NAP IR Battalion.
Led by Health & Family Welfare minister S Pangyu Phom, housing and mechanical minister Tongpang Ozukum, excise & minority affairs adviser Zhaleo Rio and power adviser Tovihoto Ayemi and NPF legislators Dr Chotisuh Sazo and Azheto Zhimomi were present to see off Ravi.
Commissioner Nagaland Rovilatuo Mor, ADGP (Admn) Renchamo P Kikon, DIG (Training) Aotemsu, deputy commissioner Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan, Commissioner of Police Dimapur Rothihu Tetseo, and a host of government officials, GBs and village council members were also present.
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