Doordarshan issued an apology attributing the error to a mistake by the performers. Yet, the incident took a political turn when Stalin accused Ravi of allowing the omission to go unchallenged.

The already strained relations between the Tamil Nadu government and the Governor escalated sharply on Friday (18 October) after Chief Minister M K Stalin said a line with the word 'Dravida' was skipped when the Tamil anthem was sung at an event attended by Governor RN Ravi.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has posed a series of questions to Governor RN Ravi regarding a missing line from Tamil Nadu's state anthem during its rendition in an event, indicating the verbal fight between the two is far from over.

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A missing line from Tamil Nadu's anthem during a Hindi month event led to a heated exchange between CM MK Stalin and Governor RN Ravi. Stalin called the omission an insult, while Ravi dismissed Stalin's accusations as cheap and regrettable.

Urging the Centre to recall the governor, Stalin accused RN Ravi of insulting national unity and the governor also hit back, claiming that the chief minister had made a racist remark against him.