"Today, what does Saffron symbolise? It represents divisiveness! Is it not an insult to Tiruvalluvar, who stood for equality, to portray him in saffron clothes," the editorial asked.
The ruling party on Monday charged that Ravi is adopting the age-old trick of 'destroying by embracing'. The editorial said the governor paying homage to Tiruvalluvar in saffron indicated that he was trying to destroy its uniqueness.
"There was a time when a group tried to accord the highest importance to 'Kamba Ramayanam' to downgrade Tirukkural.
This group used to lecture about devotional literature rather than Sangam literature. They won't come near Sangam literature.
Only after breaking these stumbling blocks, Tirukkural was raised as universal literature.
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