Tamil Nadu: Governor warns DMK, Stalin hits back

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s office on Sunday warned DMK of stern legal actions if the party continues its protests against the Governor’s visits to districts in the state. Raj Bhavan, in its statement, said that the Office of Governor was protected under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Stating that the Governor will continue his visits to the districts, the statement warned that whoever “assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes” may be jailed for up to seven years.

However, DMK working president DMK Stalin retorted saying that the party won’t budge to the threats of the Governor and added that the Governor indulging in direct politics is condemnable. He also reiterated that DMK will continue protests against the Governor’s visits to districts and meetings with officials there.

While the statement from Raj Bhavan alleged that Stalin attempts to mislead people by using the word ‘review’, the opposition leader hit back by questioning, “If calling district officials for a meeting and deliberating on their programmes was not a review then what it is?” He also questioned why the Governor didn’t send a clarification to media houses asking not to describe his meetings with district officials as ‘review meetings’.