Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Urges Students to Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Sparks Political Controversy

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Urges Students to Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’: After demanding students to chant "Jai Shri Ram," allegedly during an event at a private engineering college located in Madurai, on Saturday, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has stirred controversy.

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Ravi, because of the inspiring speech, that he delivered for the students, ended with a most unexpected call: "Jai Shri Ram." The row followed in its wake, with Congress MLA JMH Hassan Maulaana stating that the Governor's comment was extremely condemnable as he spoke the ""language of the RSS and the BJP."

And that such remarks did not behove the constitutional post occupied by R N Ravi.

"The Governor occupies one of the highest posts in the country, but he is speaking like a religious leader. He has become a propaganda master of the RSS and the BJP. See, this is not the way the Governor can act," the Velachery MLA told ANI.

"What the TN Governor is doing is highly condemnable; he is acting like an RSS face in Tamil Nadu and spreading its ideology. The position he holds is a constitutional post, so he has to remain neutral," he added.

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Besides, this was not the first occasion when Governor Ravi found himself in the eye of the storm.

The earlier incident revolved around him facing the scathing remarks of the Supreme Court over the fact that he withheld his assent on those 10 bills which were passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

The Governor, meanwhile, condemned the "vulgar and contemptuous" language used by a senior leader of the ruling DMK government in the State as being "unacceptable and shameful" during his address at the college in Madurai on Saturday.

"We recently witnessed an individual holding a high position in the ruling government use deeply vulgar, mocking, and offensive language towards women. Such behaviour is not only unbecoming of a public figure but is utterly unacceptable and shameful," the Governor said.

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