VCs of state-run TN varsities boycott Guv’s meet inaugurated by VP Dhankar
There have been condemnations from the DMK’s allies, notably from the Congress, Left parties and the VCK, against the governor for holding the conference.
There have been condemnations from the DMK’s allies, notably from the Congress, Left parties and the VCK, against the governor for holding the conference.
In what appears to be drumming up support for him, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, indicted by the Supreme Court, called on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in the national capital on Friday.
Parroting the BJP's view, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Sunday squarely blamed the then Congress government of Indira Gandhi and the DMK government of late M Karunanidhi in the state for ceding the Katchatheevu islet in the Palk Strait to Sri Lanka in 1974.
The omission of a line containing the word ‘Dravida’ during the rendition of the Tamil invocation at an official event, presided over by Governor RN Ravi, has sparked a political controversy.
The Myladuthurai District Collector, R. Lalitha had earlier welcomed the Governor as per protocol.
The Governor said that looking at the country through the colonial prism did not help eradicate poverty, but promoted religious imbalances.
