The ruling party DMK has raised questions whether the governor has the right to change the name of the state, that too without any major reason. The Governor says, in the last 50 years, the Dravidian parties have cheated the people of the state.
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Government in Tamil Nadu politics and Governor RN Ravi A dispute has arisen between The reason for the dispute is the name of the state. In his address in the House on Monday, the Governor talked about changing the name of the state from Tamil Nadu to Tamizhgam. On his statement, DMK and its allies Congress and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), who were in power, started a ruckus protesting.
Amidst sloganeering, the governor stopped his speech in the middle and left the house and went out. After the speech, the ruling parties accused him one after the other.
The matter did not stop here. On Tuesday, posters of ‘Get out Ravi’ were put up on the roads of the state. TPDK workers protest against the governor in Coimbatore. Political parties demanded the removal of Governor RN Ravi from his post. The protesters also burnt the effigy of the governor.
Parties’ allegations and governor’s argument
After the Governor’s incomplete speech, the ruling party and its allies made several allegations against the Governor. It was said that the Governor wants to implement the agenda of RSS and BJP in the state from Raj Bhavan. We will not let this happen at all. Since the Governor has the charge of Nagaland besides Tamil Nadu, the parties targeted him saying, Nagaland’s cleverness will not work here.
DMK has raised questions whether the Governor has the right to change the name of the state, that too without any major reason. The Governor says, in the last 50 years, the Dravidian parties have cheated the people of the state.
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#WATCH , Chennai: Governor RN Ravi walks out of Tamil Nadu assembly after CM MK Stalin alleged Governor RN Ravi skipped certain parts of the speech & “has completely gone against the decorum of the assembly.”
(Video Source: Tamil Nadu Assembly) pic.twitter.com/KGPmvRMQCu
— ANI (@ANI) January 9, 2023
What is it in the word ‘nadu’ that caused the ruckus
If we understand this whole controversy, then one thing is clear that the whole ruckus has been created regarding the word ‘Nadu’. The name of the state is Tamil Nadu, but the governor said to keep Tamizhgam for it. The word ‘Nadu’ means land. According to the Indian Express report, due to misinterpretation of Tamil history and complexities of translation, the word Nadu has come to mean country or nation-state. In this way, the state is seen here as Tamil nationalism. When the governor talked about a change in it, the political parties were annoyed.
It is not that for the first time in the House the Governor has given a statement regarding the name of Tamil Nadu. He had also expressed his views in the program held at Raj Bhavan on 4th January.
He had said that a different kind of thinking has developed regarding Tamil Nadu. Whenever something is applicable in the whole country, Tamil Nadu’s answer is ‘no’. It has become like a habit. A lot has been written on this which is wrong and bad. This thinking should be changed. Truth must triumph. Tamizhgam is a more appropriate word to say it.
