Chennai, May 10 -- Tamil Nadu CPI Secretary M Veerapandiyan on Sunday issued a letter taking exception to 'Thamizhthai Vaazhthu' being pushed to third place, next to Vande Mataram and the National Anthem, at the swearing-in ceremony of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.

Expressing his concerns over the "violation of established convention", the CPI state secretary called it the responsibility of the Governor to impose such compulsions.

He asked the newly formed TVK government to respond to the matter and urged the Chief Minister and the Pro-term Speaker to ensure that 'Thamizhthai Vaazhthu' is sung first at the first session of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, scheduled tomorrow, and the National Anthem is sung at the co...