A member of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party has been suspended for publicly abusing and threatening Governor RN Ravi amid an ongoing row between the two sides that spiked this week over a speech in the assembly. Speaking at a party gathering, Shivaji Krishnamoorthy had attacked the for skipping parts of the speech, written for him by the state government as is custom, and dropped references to leaders like BR Ambedkar and Periyar.