India, Nov. 11 -- The row over Tamil Nadu Deputy Speaker and Thuraiyur MLA Ravi Shankar moved from a viral video to the streets on Wednesday, with the DMK's Tiruchirappalli North unit protesting near the Thuraiyur bus stand and demanding that a case be registered against him, action taken and he be removed from the post.

It began on Diwali evening, November 8, at Mannachanallur. Karthik Kumar, a resident of Kannabiran Colony in Thuraiyur and a TVK member, says he had complained for weeks about a drinking water shortage and garbage in his locality to the municipality and to the MLA's office, without result. Seeing the Deputy Speaker's government vehicle parked near a temple, he approached him with the grievance. He alleges Ravi Shankar ab...