His visit will also come when the ruling DMK government and its allied parties have been stepping up their dissent against the Governor, urging him to step down from the post.

The DMK has used the prospect of the Pongal occasion to display their dissents to the Governor through the state's traditional kolams or rangolis.

Krishnamurthy courted a fresh controversy when criticizing the Governor for the latter's conduct of violating the assembly's tradition when he skipped key parts in his speech that was prepared by the DMK government. 

His speech has been getting shared rampantly by the DMK members as it has become yet another direct attack from Stalin on the Governor in days time. 

As the DMK and its allied parties are coming down hard on the Governor for his contentious conduct in the assembly, a DMK leader has now courted a fresh controversy which stirred a row. 

Tamil Nadu is nearly a fortnight into the New Year but recorded what has been historical events that the state has never witnessed before.  

The latest controversy from the Governor aligned to his recent remark of advocating that Tamil Nadu must be called 'Tamilagam'.

As his action stirred public outrage and protests, it also sparked a social media trend 'Get Out Ravi', urging the Governor to step down from the post.

Governor Ravi sparked an outrage after he deliberately skipped parts of speech prepared by the state government during his customary address in the first day of the assembly session on Monday - January 9. 

The visuals from the house exhibited a tensed floor after the Governor was accused of deliberately ignoring the sections of the dossier prepared by the government for his customary address.