#GetOutRavi posters emerge in Tamil Nadu amid tussle between Stalin and guv

Posters reading #GetOutRavi emerged in Chennai Tuesday, a day after ruckus ensued in the Tamil Nadu Assembly amid a row over governor Ravindra Narayana Ravi who skipped parts of his written speech in his customary address. '#GetoutRavi' has also been among the top trends on Twitter for the past few days. Pictures by news agency ANI showed the posters – sprawled with ‘Twitter’s No. 1 trending' – pasted on walls in Valluvar Kottam and Anna Salai areas.

Meanwhile, Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) workers burned the governor's effigy in Coimbatore and demanded his sacking over his remark, insisting on using 'Tamizhagam' as a more appropriate name for the state.

The governor has also reportedly referred to himself as ‘Tamizhagam governor’ in his invites for the Pongal festival in Raj Bhavan.

The state government and Ravi have been at loggerheads over a range of issues including his refusal to approve 20 bills. The DMK and its allies have accused Ravi of propagating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Hindutva ideology.

On Sunday, the DMK accused Ravi of unnecessarily interfering in state politics and demanded his resignation if he wants to continue with this.

Last week, Ravi criticised the government for opposing what is “applicable for the whole of the country” and said Tamil Nadu should be renamed Tamizhagam. He added there has been regressive politics with a “wrong habit” of refusing everything that benefits all sections of people.

The DMK hit back saying Ravi was attempting to set a narrative to change the name of the state. The BJP justified the comments, saying the landmass of the state has been referred to as both Tamizhagam and Tamil Nadu in Tamil literature.

(With bureau, agency inputs)