Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Mouthpiece Murasoli on Monday attacked Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, accusing him of 'saffronising' Thiruvalluvar and said that he insulted the ancient Tamil poet-saint.
Murasoli claimed that paying respects to a portrait of Thiruvalluvar clad in saffron, Ravi has proved that he didn't read even a single couplet of Thirukkural (a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love written by him).
"Saffron today is the symbol of division. Isn't it an insult to saffronise Thiruvalluvar, who said that all are born equal!", Murasoli claimed in one of the articles.
Murasoli also claimed that the divinity mentioned in Thirukkural is not the divinity used by BJP for 'divide and rule'.
Murasoli went on to say that the tactics of 'embrace and destroy' is being used by Governor Ravi and that a few couplets have been chosen to portray Vedic principles. It further said that such people will never support Sanga Tamil but only Sanghi Tamil.
The ruling DMK, led by Chief Minister MK Stalin, and Governor RN Ravi have come at loggerheads over a host of issues, one of them being the swearing-in of former Minister K Ponmudy's swearing-in as a Cabinet Minister in March.
Ravi had refused to administer the oath of office to Ponmudy, rejecting Chief Minister MK Stalin's request after the Supreme Court stayed Ponmudy's conviction in a disproportionate assets case and suspended three-year jail sentence.