‘Not even speck of dust fell on TN governor’: TN CM Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday asserted that not even a “speck of dust” fell on state Governor R.N. Ravi during a black flag protest against him in Mayiladuthurai and said the opposition AIADMK’s attempts to “do politics” over the matter will not fructify “as this is DMK rule”.

Seeking to turn the tables on the principal opposition, which staged a walkout from the assembly over the issue, Stalin also sought to remind it of an alleged attack on then governor Chenna Reddy in the 1990s during the AIADMK period and pointed out that an assembly resolution for his recall was also adopted then.

Speaking on the black flag protest against Ravi in the state assembly, Stalin, quoting the ADGP (L&O), said there was no truth in the claims that stones and flagpoles were thrown on Ravi’s convoy during his visit to a mutt in Mayiladuthurai district on Tuesday.

Leader of opposition K Palaniswami and state BJP chief K Annamalai had on Tuesday made such claims about the protest against the governor when he visited a mutt in Mayiladuthurai district.

Stalin rejected the allegations as “baseless”.