Chennai, May 31 -- Ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its alliance partner Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) criticised governor Rajendra Arlekar for paying tribute to Tamil poet and saint Thiruvalluvar in saffron attire at a Lok Bhavan event in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, contrary to the original image in a white robe.

On Saturday, Arlekar presided over the Thiruvalluvar Thirunaal Vizha (Vaikasi Anusham Valluvar Thirunaal) organised by the Thiruvalluvar Thirunaal Kazhagam, at Lok Bhavan. He paid floral tributes to the photo of Thiruvalluvar in saffron attire unlike the original image in white robe.

DMK's youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin claimed that the governor was testing the sel...