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Thamizhagam Vs Tamil Nadu: After Guv Ravi’s Speech, DMK IT Wing And Dravidian Stockists Start Dangerous Trend With Separatist Undertones

January 6, 2023
The Commune

On 4 January 2023, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi said that the state has experienced “regressive politics” over the past 50 years and that Thamizhagam would be a more appropriate name than Tamil Nadu while speaking at an event held at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai to felicitate the organizers and volunteers of Kashi Tamil Sangamam.

“In Tamil Nadu, there has been regressive politics claiming they are Dravidians, and the only reason they have been brought together is because of the Constitution. There have been efforts over the past 50 years to support the idea that they are not truly a part of the nation. That is why there is too much stress on federalism, despite the fact that Bharat existed before these states were founded and existed for many thousands of years,” he said.

He added,”Tamil Nadu has a different political environment. They say we are Dravidians for everything. Tamil Nadu says ‘no’ if there is an action plan across India. It has become a habit. So many theses have been written, all of which are false and poor fiction. This needs to be broken. The truth must triumph.”

He further stated,”It would be more correct to say Tamizhagam rather than Tamil Nadu. We must defeat false propaganda. People should be told what is true. In fact, Tamil Nadu is the land that holds the soul of Bharat. It is the identity of Bharat. For a long time, the rest of the country suffered greatly at the hands of foreigners.”

He stated, “But somehow, Tamil has been preserved for several years in Tamil Nadu. So, this is the hope to rejuvenate Bharat. All false narratives must be broken, and Kashi Tamil Sangamam is an excellent starting point.”

Though Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi used the term Tamizhagam to show that Tamil Nadu is an integral part of India and to defeat the false narrative that Tamils are Dravidians and different from the rest of the people in India to further their divisive politics, the DMK IT wing, the party’s leaders and a few Dravidian Stockists in Tamil media misrepresented the governor’s message in social media starting a dangerous trend which has separatist undertones.

The DMK IT wing and DMK leaders trended the hashtag #தமிழ்நாடு in opposition to the governor, with some Twitter IDs trending separatist tweets with the same hashtag.

TRB Raja, DMK IT wing secretary and MLA, has referred to Honorable Governor RN Ravi as “Sanghi Ravi” and stated that the governor’s raising of the “Thamizhagam” issue is a diversion tactic. He also took an indirect jibe at Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai by calling him ‘Aadu (goat)’. He also retweeted a tweet that referred to the governor as ‘Rummy Ravi.’

DMK sympathizers and Dravidian Stockists posted separatist tweets with several calling for India to leave ‘Tamil Nadu’. DMK IT wing members were spreading separatist tweets with several calling for India to leave ‘Tamil Nadu’. A prominent handle named “deepsealioness” know for peddling DMK’s propaganda shared a picture with an alleged quote of CN Annadurai saying she belongs to a ‘country’ called Tamil Nadu, which is a part of India, implying that it could secede at any time.

Serial fake news peddler Niranjan Kumar, an alleged ‘journalist’ from Puthiya Thalaimurai who is known for fanning ‘north-south’ divide posted a tweet full of ‘Tamil Nadu’, implying that the state is a ‘Nadu’ country).

Self-styled ‘entrepreneur’, serial fake news peddler, Dravidian Stockist and DMK supporter Suresh Sambandam, posted saying “Get lost man! This is Tamil Nadu”.

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