Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has filed a defamation case against a now suspended worker of the ruling DMK party for his controversial remarks, officials have said.
The case, sources say, was filed against DMK worker Sivaji Krishnamurthy by Governor RN Ravi in a Chennai court yesterday.
Sivaji Krishnamurthy had made the alleged derogatory remarks against the Governor after he skipped portions of a government-approved speech in the state assembly earlier this month.
Using expletives for Governor Ravi, Mr Krishnamurthy had said if he can't take Ambedkar's name, he should go to Kashmir, so he would be gunned down by extremists.
"Didn't you take an oath in the name of the constitution? Wasn't it Ambedkar, my grandfather, who wrote it? If you won't say his name, you go to Kashmir. We ourselves will send an extremist. Let him gun him down," Shivaji Krishnamoorthy had said, addressing a party gathering
Distancing itself from the controversy, the DMK suspended him last week for "violating party discipline and bringing disrepute to the party."
The Governor and the state government have been at loggerheads, with the ruling party accusing him of acting at the behest of the BJP. The hostility soared when the Governor on January 9 went off-script while reading out an official speech approved by the government in the assembly.
The Governor skipped parts of the address which had references to secularism, and mentioned leaders like Periyar, BR Ambedkar, K Kamaraj, CN Annadurai, and Karunanidhi.
He also reportedly did not read the reference to the 'Dravidian model' that the DMK promotes and showcases.
RN Ravi walked out in a huff, without even waiting for the national anthem after Chief Minister MK Stalin moved a resolution to take on record only the transcript distributed to the members.
The Chief Minister said the Governor's action was "against Assembly traditions" and urged President Draupadi Murmu to intervene and ensure Governor Ravi abides by the Constitution.
DMK allies like the Congress have also demanded the Governor's recall.
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