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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Governor RN Ravi have been engaged in a war of words after singers \u2018missed\u2019 singing a sentence from the rendition of Tamil Nadu’s state anthem Tamizh Thaai Valthu, <\/i>during the Hindi Month Valedictory function at Doordarshan’s office in Chennai on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The missing portion from the anthem was \u2018Thekkanamum Adhilsirandha Dravida Nal Thirunaadum<\/i>\u2019, which translates to ‘The Greatest Nation Down South in the Dravidian Lands\u2019, sparking an immediate protest from Chief Minister M K Stalin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Calling the omission an \u201cinsult\u201d to Tamil Nadu\u2019s cultural pride, Stalin demanded that Governor Ravi be recalled by the Centre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Taking to his social media account on X, MK Stalin condemned the Hindi month celebration, stating \u201ccelebrating Hindi Month in non-Hindi speaking states is seen as an attempt to belittle other languages.\u201d Stalin further accused Governor RN Ravi of harbouring a \u201cDravidian allergy\u201d and questioned if Ravi was a governor or an \u2018Aryan.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Meanwhile, Governor RN Ravi hit back at MK Stalin, calling his comments \u201ccheap\u201d and \u201cregrettable\u201d. The Governor clarified that he always recites the full anthem \u201cwith reverence, pride, and precision\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ravi added that he had taken \u201cnumerous substantive initiatives to spread Tamil\u201d in states across India. \u201c..The latest being to set up , with cooperation of the Assam govt, a Tamil diploma course in Gauhati University for spread of Tamil in the North East,\u201d Ravi said on his X post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u2018Dravidian allergy\u2026.’<\/h2>\n
\u2018Pride and precision\u2026\u2019<\/h2>\n