Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has written to President Droupadi Murmu accusing Governor R N Ravi of inciting “communal hatred” and labelling him a “threat to peace in the state”.
The CM called Ravi “unfit for the office of Governor” and requested the President to “consider removing him from the high constitutional position” due to his “political bias, hasty actions, and incitement of communal hatred”. He alleged that Ravi’s “actions show his extraordinary animosity towards Tamil Nadu as well as defaming the name Tamil Nadu”, which was the name bestowed by the state’s first CM and DMK founder C N Annadurai. The Tamil Nadu CM said he would leave it to the President to decide on extending Ravi’s term.
Alleging that the Governor is “evidently a person who bears a deep-rooted enmity against Tamil Nadu, the Tamil people, and Tamil culture”, Stalin told the President that Ravi’s comments and speeches were “not only obstructing the democratically elected government but also provoking disdain, contempt, and hostility towards the law of the land”.
The CM accused the Governor of being “involved in ideological and political conflict with the democratically elected DMK government” since assuming office in September 2021, listing several examples. The Governor’s actions, the government statement said, had caused distress and hindered the government’s functioning.
The CM also accused Ravi of making false remarks about criminal cases being probed by the state police and criticised him for denying child marriages ever happened at the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple. Stalin claimed Ravi’s statements would have invited legal action if they were from an individual not holding his high constitutional position.