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Chennai News Live Updates: The governor of Tamil Nadu, R N Ravi, sparked yet another controversy on Tuesday when he sent out invitations for the Pongal festival that carried the union government’s logo rather than the state government’s, and he referred to himself as “Tamizhaga Aalunar” (the governor of Tamizhagam). His suggestion to rename the state from “Tamil Nadu” to “Tamizhagam” last week sparked anger from both the ruling DMK and the opposition AIADMK. The most recent Pongal invitation, which was sent to VIPs and senior government figures, is likely to trigger strong reactions because earlier invitations of a similar nature from his office had referred to him as the “Governor of Tamil Nadu,” including one for Tamil New Year celebrations held in April 2022.
The conflict between the Tamil Nadu government and Governor R N Ravi reached a new low Monday when Ravi made changes to the prepared speech he read out in the Assembly. As a result, Chief Minister M K Stalin moved a resolution demanding only the original printed speech in Tamil be put in records. Governor Ravi reacted to this in an unprecedented manner by staging a walkout from the House in protest even before the national anthem was played.
Major aberrations that irked the government were mainly 3 points. The governor skipped part of the 12th point of his speech, which was about the state’s “highest priority to maintaining law and order”. He also skipped the 64th point, which was about how the government dealt with natural disasters and pandemics that happened in the state. The governor’s speech also fully skipped the 65th point, which said the government is founded on the ideals of social justice, self-respect, inclusive growth, equality, women empowerment, secularism and compassion towards all. ‘Dravidian model’ were among the words skipped by the Governor and he also spoke on his own on certain aspects.
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