INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CHENNAI: A day after the government-governor face off reached a flash point, opposition to Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi spilled on to the
streets on Tuesday.DMK cadres, allies, members of Tamil attires and university student held demonstrations at numerous places across the
Effigies of the guv were set on fire in a couple of locations
The Raj Bhavan-Fort St George hostility stimulated a poster war, with walls being plastered with posters for and versus Ravi, even as BJP
jumped to the defence of the governor.Chief minister M K Stalin, on the other hand, instructed DMK partymen and females to avoid assaulting
At a meeting of celebration MLAs in Chennai, Stalin inquired not to expend their energy on unfavorable politics
Remove posters attacking the guv and concentrate on taking DMKs development policies to the people, he informed MLAs
The tone for the day was embeded in Coimbatore, among the places where BJP has a strong presence, where members of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar
Kazhagam (TPDK) gathered in front of the statue of social reformer E V R Periyar at Gandhipuram and raised mottos versus the governor
The members set ablaze images and an effigy of the governor
Even as police apprehended the opposing TPDK members, another group from the very same attire set fire to the guvs effigy
They, too, were apprehended
We strongly condemn the guv for leaving out the names of Ambedkar, Periyar (DK creator E V Ramasamy) and Anna (DMK creator and late chief
minister C N Annadurai) in his speech in the state assembly
He has actually disrespected the assembly and national anthem by walking out prior to the anthem was played, stated TPDK organising
secretary V Aruchamy.As political attire upset versus the guv, students of different colleges from Chennai, Salem, Dharmapuri, Thiruvallur
and Tiruvannamalai held slogan-shouting demonstrations in front of their organizations
They declared Ravi was imitating a BJP leader and required that the Centre recall him
Advocates, too, joined the protests
Agitations versus the TN governor were held in the neighbouring Union Territory of Puducherry too
There was a minor scuffle when cops tried to prevent the burning of an effigy of Ravi.BJP leapt to the defence of the governor, plastering
posters on street walls to counter those set up by DMK
The posters discovered on the walls of Pudukottai town hailed Ravi
In Coimbatore, BJP cadres who heard that TPDK members were objecting in Coimbatore began gathering at the celebration office at Sidhapurthur
and attempted to continue to Gandhipuram, in Coimbatore, to hold a counter-protest
Authorities intervened and rounded them up.WatchTamizhagam vs Tamil Nadu row intensifies, DMK advocates pattern Get out Ravi versus Governor
