Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi snubbed at convocation by DMK leader's wife

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A convocation ceremony in Tamil Nadu saw the Governor RN Ravi snubbed by a student who refused to accept her degree from him, opting instead for the Vice-Chancellor. The student is the wife of a DMK leader.

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00:00And now we have news from Tamil Nadu coming in.

00:03It seems a Tamil Nadu governor was snubbed at a convocation ceremony.

00:08This ceremony was of a public university where a student did not accept her degree from the governor,

00:16but rather from the vice chancellor.

00:18This student is DMK Neta's wife and she snubbed RN Ravi, the governor, at the ceremony.

00:25Now the BJP has hit out after the video went viral.

00:29The BJP has said that this is a deplorable drama.

00:33This is low-grade politics by DMK.

00:36Now also, opposition has decided that they will be boycotting the governor's reception on the Independence Day.

00:45A tea that is organized by them, that is going to be boycotted by them.

00:49Joining us now for more information on this is Pramod Madhav.

00:53Well, Pramod, this obviously is an indication to the fact that the tussle that we have seen

00:59between the governor and the DMK government over the educational institutions and the posts of vice chancellors

01:08and many such other issues is just escalating.

01:11And now it's going down all the way to the carders.

01:13Well, it surely is, Anjali, because just like you mentioned,

01:19this is an issue that deals with the governor not providing assent to the bill

01:22that led the Tamil Nadu government, especially the chief minister,

01:25going ahead and contending the powers of the governor in the Supreme Court.

01:29That turned out to be an issue because the Supreme Court actually derived a timeline for the governors.

01:33And what happened right now is that another bill to create Kalingar Karnanthi University

01:38in Thiruwaru district was also kept for, like the governor did not provide a assent for some time

01:44and then he has also forwarded the bill to the president.

01:47So, these are all the issues that is happening between the governor and the chief minister.

01:51Amidst all this, this is Jane Joseph, a student from Manon Maniam Sundanar,

01:55when she attended the convocation.

01:56Today, we clearly see how she is avoiding to get the degree from the governor

02:01but went straight ahead to the vice-chancellor and got the degree from his hands.

02:04Later, she also spoke, claiming that she could not find any kind of achievement

02:09or any kind of work the governor has done for Tamil or Tamil Nadu,

02:13while the vice-chancellor, he has given a lot of achievements for the state of Tamil Nadu

02:16and that is why she decided so and she claims that there was nothing personal in it.

02:22Pramod, we can see on the screens how she sidesteps,

02:25but this is also, you know,

02:29okay, Pramod, I'm just going to stop you here.

02:33Do stay on with us.

02:34Kauai Satyan of the AIDMK is joining us right now.

02:38Mr. Satyan, you can see this video, it's gone viral.

02:41While the DMK says that, you know, R.N. Ravi, the governor,

02:45has been a controversial figure

02:47and that the entire issue stems from the refusal to give assent to their bill,

02:54which is related to the universities as well.

02:57But what is your reaction to something like this?

03:01Because this is on a public platform where there are many students.

03:06No, it clearly looks like staged and enacted.

03:10There are nothing more to it.

03:11I don't think so.

03:12the student who has done this

03:14understand the seriousness of her act.

03:18Looks like somebody who is behind the scene

03:19would have instigated her.

03:20Well, she's the wife of a DMK Neta,

03:23a junior Neta,

03:24but she is the wife of DMK Neta.

03:28Yeah.

03:28Looks like it's clearly staged and enacted

03:30just for political mileage and benefits.

03:33Nothing more to it.

03:35DMK are masters of theatrics and lying

03:37because the entire government is run only on advertisements

03:40for the past four and a half years.

03:43So these kinds of scenarios,

03:45when it emerge in public,

03:46you can clearly make it out that

03:48DMK will be behind the screen.

03:51And these actions will be for their

03:53narrator,

03:54which will help them to

03:55drag and drive their narrator.

03:57That's what's happening here.

04:00But Mr. Satin,

04:01do you think this issue

04:02between the governor and the government

04:05has dragged on for too long now?

04:07No, any governance issue

04:10has to be dealt mutually.

04:14And governance issues

04:15need not be looked with a spectrum

04:16and view of ideology all the time.

04:20The political party can drive its ideology

04:22based on their actions

04:24and service to the people.

04:26But governance issues

04:27need to be sorted out

04:28for the welfare of the people.

04:30But it is the incompetence

04:31of DMK and DMK leadership

04:33which is costing dearer to the state

04:34and welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.

04:38It is DMK's incompetence

04:40which is leading to this fiasco.

04:43Nothing more to it.

04:44And there are avenues to sort it out

04:46which the DMK has not rightfully explored

04:48because they are so scared

04:50that they will be exposed.

04:53Their double standards are known

04:54very well in Tamil Nadu.

04:56While in power, sharing power,

04:58they will do all those actions

04:59which is detrimental to the state.

05:01While they are in power right now

05:04in the state.

05:05And whatever they have done earlier

05:06they will oppose.

05:08And this governance issue

05:10has nothing to do with

05:11AR and Ravi or MK's talent.

05:13It is purely to do

05:14with the incompetence of DMK.

05:16Okay.

05:17Nothing else.

05:17Thank you very much Mr. Satyan

05:19for speaking with India Today.

05:20So you heard the spokesperson

05:21of AIA-DMK saying

05:23that this is not the right platform.

05:24He says there were options

05:26to sort this issue out

05:28but DMK is not taking them.

05:29Going back to India Today's Pramod Madha

05:31for this Pramod.

05:33Clearly, you know,

05:34this is something

05:35that we have seen

05:36for a very long time.

05:37DMK and the governor

05:38at loggerheads.

05:39But now at a public platform

05:41at a convocation ceremony

05:43maybe this seems

05:46a little inappropriate

05:47and also the student concern

05:50must have planned it earlier only.

05:52Well, Anjali,

05:56one thing is very certain

05:57because this is not the first time

05:58governor faces something like this.

06:00Earlier,

06:00while he was talking to students

06:01who had cleared NEET

06:03in Rajabod in a program,

06:05what happened is that

06:06one of the fathers of a child

06:07actually went ahead

06:08and he openly questioned

06:09the governor

06:10why he has not provided

06:11the assent to a bill

06:12that was passed against NEET

06:14by the Tamil Nadu government.

06:15But the governor went ahead

06:16and said

06:16that if a governor

06:17does not provide the bill

06:19I mean passes a bill

06:20or gives assent to a bill

06:22it means the bill

06:24has fallen flat.

06:25That turned out

06:25to be a huge controversy.

06:27So, it definitely looks

06:28like borders are not

06:29being maintained

06:30by people

06:31who are in high positions

06:33and that is slowly

06:34trickling down

06:34to the caterers

06:35or the people

06:36who are supporting them

06:37as well, Anjali.

06:38Right.

06:38Pramod,

06:39thank you for all those details.

06:41So, clearly

06:41the governor there

06:43snubbed by a student

06:45who was there

06:45to take her degree

06:46but it seems

06:47she is a DMK officials.

06:51Joining us right now

06:52is Kay Sarwanan.

06:54Thank you very much

06:55for speaking with us

06:56Mr. Sarwanan.

06:57Yeah.

06:58The question is

06:59is this appropriate

07:01at a platform

07:02like a convocation ceremony?

07:05See,

07:05any platform

07:06it's a great platform

07:08to show

07:10that Mr.

07:12Governor

07:13is the most

07:14unsavory figure

07:15unsavory political figure

07:17in the state

07:18of Tamil Nadu.

07:20We wish her

07:20good luck.

07:22We support

07:23her courage.

07:24We wish her

07:25for her courage

07:26to have taken

07:27a stand.

07:27It's not easy.

07:28It's not easy

07:29to do that

07:30on such a big stage.

07:31So,

07:32her love

07:33and passion

07:34for Tamil

07:35and people

07:36of Tamil Nadu

07:36and the state

07:37of Tamil Nadu

07:38has made her do this.

07:39we salute

07:40her courage.

07:42But Mr.

07:43Sarwanan,

07:43could this issue

07:44not be sorted out

07:46with other means,

07:47the governor

07:47and the government?

07:48You know,

07:49you have been

07:49at Loggerheads

07:50for a long time.

07:51Discussions

07:51and dialogues

07:52can happen

07:53about the bills.

07:55But using

07:56a convocation ceremony

07:57in front of students

07:58can be detrimental

08:00to what we try

08:02to put out

08:02into the public

08:04and for the students

08:05as well.

08:07See,

08:08it is an

08:08independent student,

08:11individual student.

08:12She may have

08:13had political affiliations,

08:14but nobody

08:14from BMK

08:15has asked to do that.

08:17She has

08:18her own will,

08:19own volition.

08:21So,

08:22it's her view.

08:24But the way

08:24that the governor

08:26has been called out

08:27repeatedly

08:27by the people

08:28of Tamil Nadu

08:29is very heartwarming.

08:31This is how

08:31we'll have to

08:32stand up

08:32to authority.

08:35Okay.

08:36Thank you very much,

08:37Mr. Sarvanan,

08:38for speaking with us.

08:39DMK,

08:40they're claiming

08:40that she's

08:41an independent student.

08:43Despite her affiliation

08:44with DMK,

08:45she did it

08:45on her own,

08:46on her own choice.

08:49So,

08:49the question here is,

08:51this entire

08:52tussle

08:53between the governor

08:54and their government,

08:56should that be played out

08:57so publicly

08:58in front of students?

09:01in front of students?

09:02Thank you very much.

09:03Thank you very much.

09:04So,

09:05thank you very much.

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