Overview
- Chief Minister M K Stalin condemned Governor R N Ravi for describing Tamil Nadu as a fertile ground for extremism, calling the remarks arrogant and politically motivated.
- Stalin accused the governor of painting Tamils as anti-national and said Ravi speaks as though those who do not support the BJP are terrorists.
- Countering the security framing, Stalin cited the Pahalgam terror attack, the Red Fort blast, and ongoing violence in Manipur to question the Union government praised by the governor.
- In a TV interview earlier, Ravi labeled the state's politics as 'Tamil exceptionalism,' alleged hostility toward other languages, and criticized a shift from Tamil-medium to English-medium education.
- Ravi also claimed there is no budget for Tamil research and that over 1.1 million palm-leaf manuscripts are deteriorating, while recalling past run-ins with the DMK government including his Assembly walkout over the national anthem and the 2024 Tamil Thai Vazhthu row.