'Such Arrogance Is Not Good': Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Hits Back To MK Stalin’s Remarks Over National Anthem Row

Chennai: Strongly reacting to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin’s remarks that Governor R N Ravi had given absurd reasons for boycotting the Legislative Assembly recently, the Raj Bhavan on Sunday called the Chief Minister arrogant.

“Such arrogance is not good,” the Raj Bhavan said. In a social media post, the official handle of the Governor’s office said, Stalin was asserting that insisting on due respect to the National Anthem and doing fundamental duties enshrined in the Constitution is “absurd” and “childish”.

“Thanks for betraying the true intentions of the coalition of interests and ideologies to which he is a leader that does not accept and respect Bharat as a nation and Her Constitution. Such arrogance is not good,” it said. “Please do not forget that Bharat is the supreme Mother and the Constitution the supreme faith for her children. They will not like or tolerate such brazen insult,” the Raj Bhavan added.

Last week, the Governor had left the House without delivering the customary Governor’s Address on the first session of the New Year. The Raj Bhavan had claimed he was anguished that the National Anthem was not played on his arrival to the House. Speaker M Appavu had said the convention was to play the State song at the beginning and the National Anthem at the end of the address.

On Saturday, Stalin had said everyone knew about the absurd reasons behind the Governor’s decision to avoid reading his address. “That is why I said his act was childish,” he had said.