Governor R.N. Ravi said on Friday that there had been a consistent attempt to isolate Tamil Nadu from the rest of the country and a lot of toxicity had been infused in the minds of people over the past 50 years.

A line missing from the rendition of Tamil Nadu's state anthem at a government event presided over by Governor R N Ravi sparked a major political controversy on Friday, leading to a war of words between Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin and the Governor.

Celebration of Hindi Month valedictory function along with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Chennai Doordarshan on Friday triggered a bitter war of words between Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin and state governor R N Ravi who fired salvos at each other.

The DMK supremo called it an insult to the state and the Tamil language, and demanded from the Centre to immediately remove Ravi, saying that he suffers from 'Dravidian allergy'.

The Tamil anthem, Tamil Thaai Vazhthu, is traditionally sung at the start of every government program, and the term ‘Dravida’ primarily pertains to the racial identity of the people in the southern states. During the anthem’s rendition by the group from Doordarshan, the line containing this word was omitted.

Chennai: A distorted version of the Tamil Nadu State anthem rendered at a DD Tamil official event blew up into a major row between Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday. The Governor charged that Stalin had made a “racist remark” against him.

The incident pertains to the Chennai Doordarshan's golden jubilee celebration event alongside the culmination of the Hindi month.

A missing line from Tamil Nadu's anthem during a Hindi month event led to a heated exchange between CM MK Stalin and Governor RN Ravi. Stalin called the omission an insult, while Ravi dismissed Stalin's accusations as cheap and regrettable.