Chennai: Amid the ongoing โThamizhagamโ row, CPI(M) MP Su Venkatesan on Tuesday tweeted that the invitation from the governor for Pongal festival mentions the Governor as โThamizhagam Governorโ, while in an invitation for the portrait ceremony it was mentioned โTamil Nadu Governorโ.
This comes in the backdrop of Tamil Nadu Governor RN Raviโs remark that โThamizhagamโ rather than โTamil Naduโ would be a more appropriate name for the state. โInvitation from Gov House for Pongal festival mentions the Gov as โThamizhagamโ Governor, while he was mentioned as Tamil Nadu Governor in the invitation for the portrait ceremony earlier,โ Tweeted CPI(M) MP Su Venkatesan.
Meanwhile, many posters with the words โ#Getout Raviโ were spotted in the Valluvar Kottam and Anna Salai areas of West Chennai, after the governorโs statement.
Amid the controversy over the Governorโs remark, โ#Getout Raviโ has been a top trend on Twitter for the last few days.
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Bedlam broke in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday as the Governor arrived for his customary address at the opening session.
Members of the ruling DMK and its allies, the Congress and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) started raising slogans against the Governor before staging a walkout from the Assembly.
DMK MLAs raised slogans such as โDonโt impose BJP, RSS ideologyโ.
The DMK and allies opposed the Governorโs stand and accused him of toeing the BJPโs ideological position.
โThis is not Nagaland, this is proud Tamil Naduโ, the legislators chanted.
However, Governor Ravi continued delivering his address amid the uproar. The treasury bench also demanded a ban on online gambling.
The ruling party legislators accused the Governor of sitting on a Bill banning online gambling.
There is an ongoing tussle between the ruling DMK and the Raj Bhavan over several Bills which are pending the Governorโs assent, including the one against online gambling and wager-based online games.
In total, 21 Bills passed in the Assembly are pending with Raj Bhavan, as of December 2022, sources said.
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