Chennai, Aug. 14 -- A graduation ceremony in Tamil Nadu turned political on Wednesday when a PhD scholar refused to receive her degree from Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi accusing him of acting against the state, and instead received her certificate from vice chancellor M Chandrasekar of the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli.

The scholar, Jean Rajan, who is a resident of Nagercoil, is the wife of a DMK party functionary M Rajan. At the convocation, she was seen walking past the governor, who is the chancellor of the university, standing on stage and going towards the vice-chancellor to receive her certificate. When the V-C asked Rajan to receive the certificate from the governor, she refused. While the governor, initially thi...