Exactly a week ago, controversy hit headlines of mainstream and social media over the missing of a few words in the State government Tamil anthem in a function attended by Governor RN Ravi; yesterday (October 25), the same happened in a function where Deputy CM Udhaya Nidhi Stalin took part. The Government employees recited the song twice but wrongly each time making new mistakes. Now, the critics ask, will he resign, taking up responsibility for the goof up ?
Last week, on October 18, Governor Ravi attended a function in Doordarshan Kendra where the State song was sung by a team of women. They left out the Dravida Nal thirunaadu, for which DD apologises. But the DMK and its stooges hit the Governor with strong words. They accused him of deliberately omitting these words. Udhayanidhi went on to say “Udhaya Nidhi Stalin it was a deliberate act by the Governor. He said, “When their attempts do not succeed, they try to remove the word Dravidam. Under the New Education policy, they are also trying to impose Hindi. They earlier tried to change the state name from Tamil Nadu to Tamizhagam. Now they are trying to remove Dravidam from Tamil Thai Vaazhthu. As long as DMK workers and Tamil people are there, none can touch Tamil, Tamil people and Dravidam”.
On October 25, in a function to issue certificates for the Chief Minister’s Fellowship Programme, held at the Secretariat, attended by Udhayanidhi Stalin, some words were also missed. There was much embarrassment among the participants, the singers and Government employees sang it twice but with new mistakes each time. Udhayanidhi Stalin, later talking to the media, said, “There’s nothing wrong with the singing. Don’t stir up any controversy”. He downplayed today’s incident by saying, “They didn’t sing wrongly. It was a technical fault. Mic was not working properly. At 2-3 places, their voice was not audible. So, they sang the Tamil Thai Vazhthu from the beginning again. After that the National Anthem was also sung properly,”. Critics says, “ but it was not true. Words were audible and mike was functioning well. He is trying to make it casual”.
உதயநிதி ஸ்டாலின் பங்கேற்ற நிகழ்ச்சியில் பிழையாக பாடப்பட்ட தமிழ்த்தாய் வாழ்த்துப் பாடல்.
இந்த காணொளியை எதற்காக பிரைவேட் பண்ணி வச்சிருக்கீங்க @TNDIPRNEWS https://t.co/B1SK5PUpsn
தவறாக பாடியதால் திருப்பி பாட வைத்தார் உதயநிதி என்று ஒரு பக்கம் செய்தியை பரப்புனீங்க. உதயநிதிகிட்ட… pic.twitter.com/ApjzH14lS9
— Krishna Kumar Murugan (@ikkmurugan) October 25, 2024
BJP media wing functionary Karthik Gopinath, taking to social media handle X, asks, “ Will the deputy CM @Udhaystalin be responsible for this goof up ? This blunder in the presence of DY CM ! What action are you intending to take modern day manu nidhi Cholan @mkstalin ? I address this to you because your party created such a big ruckus against @rajbhavan_tn for a mistake which was not his doing . Karma”.
Will the deputy CM @Udhaystalin be responsible for this goof up ?This blunder in the presence of DY CM ! What action are you intending to take modern day manu nidhi Cholan @mkstalin ? I address this to you because your party created such a big ruckus against @rajbhavan_tn for a… pic.twitter.com/QbyOxYRhyr
— karthik gopinath (@karthikgnath) October 25, 2024
This time, the social media warriors and supporters of DMK are silent. When words were missed on October 18 at the DD function, which the Governor attended, CM Stalin tweeted in Tamil that the governor had a “Dravidian allergy”. He said Governor Ravi had “deliberately insulted” the people of Tamil Nadu. In another post, Stalin asked, “Is he Governor? or Aryan? Removing the word Dravidian and reciting Tamil Thai anthem is against the law of Tamil Nadu! A person , who acts according to his will and not act according to the law is not fit to hold that office of Governor. In the guise of celebrating Hindi, Ravi is insulting the unity of the country and the people of different races living in this land!”.
He also asked “Will the governor, who suffers from Dravidian allergy, leave out Dravidian in the national anthem? The Union Government should immediately recall the Governor who is deliberately insulting Tamil Nadu and the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu!”
ஆளுநரா? ஆரியநரா?
திராவிடம் என்ற சொல்லை நீக்கி, தமிழ்த்தாய் வாழ்த்தைப் பாடுவது தமிழ்நாட்டின் சட்டத்தை மீறுவதாகும்!
சட்டப்படி நடக்காமல், இஷ்டப்படி நடப்பவர் அந்தப் பதவி வகிக்கவே தகுதியற்றவர்.
இந்தியைக் கொண்டாடும் போர்வையில் நாட்டின் ஒருமைப்பாட்டையும் இந்த மண்ணில் வாழும் பல்வேறு… pic.twitter.com/NzS2O7xDTz
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) October 18, 2024
Now Udhayanidhi pooh-poohs by saying, “The mic wasn’t working properly, affecting the sound; the Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu was sung correctly, followed by the National Anthem. He warned the media, “Do not make this an unnecessary issue out of it”.
Now, it is the turn of netizens who mocked the DMK and its allies whether they would condemn their own leader for not reciting it correctly. It is a sorry state where the people, government employees, and students cannot recite the state song correctly, much to their claiming champions of the Tamil language. Thousands of students failing Tamil language papers in public examinations and can’t speak error-free Tamil shows the successive Dravidian governments’ way of developing Tamil. In the present genre of politicians, students can’t recite the National anthem in the truncated version correctly, is the hard truth. That is why they play the recorded versions.
