chennai tamilisai soundararajan has never been one to mince words not when she was bjps tamil nadu president and especially not in the three years she has been governor of telangana holding additional charge of puducherry in an interview with julie mariappan soundararajan talks about the governorgovernment faceoff in tn and her allegations that her phone was tapped by the telangana government speculation is rife that you are returning to active politics do you have plans to contest the 2024 lok sabha election from tn i am a governor and i am discharging my duties with perfection the raj bhavan is a luxurious place where one can eat well and sleep but i want to do something for the people i engage in red cross activities have adopted hamlets hold grievance days and take care of tribal welfare maybe thats why there is speculation i am a peopleoriented person doing justice to telangana and puducherry roundtheclock without availing a days leave which we governors are entitled to i dont want to comment on future political activitieswhat did you think of the 50 tamil nadu mps submitting a memorandum to the president to recall governor r n ravithe constitution guarantees freedom of speech and expression to all citizens governor ravi also has it the mps said he was speaking against the core ideology of the state there is a percentage of the population that believes in his views the legislative assembly speaker like the governor should be neutral but the speaker openly said the government was formed because of the support of members of a religion nobody sought recall of the speaker why are chief ministers hesitant to meet governorsthe dmk says the mind of a governor should be free of political likes or dislikesevery governor is a responsible person when i was appointed the cms pro wrote that i was a politician well politicians were appointed as governors during the congress regime the sarkaria commission said a governor should not engage in politics after taking charge dont always view governors with a biased outlook having put in years of public service we know the significance of our post and discharge our duties accordinglywhat is your view on the dmks dravidian model of governanceas a governor of another state i dont want to comment let stalin annan find a new name and then i can comment he is cm of tamil nadu why cant he coin a tamil name for his own model dmk organ murasoli accused you of defaming the late cm m karunanidhis family by hinting that telugu was the familys mother tongue and they speak the language at home the dmk claims you are a shorthand expression of governor ravii respect my mother tongue and love the people of telangana the murasoli said i dont have rights as a governor in tamil nadu why shouldnt i i am the daughter of tamil nadu and sister of telangana i respect telugu and i have learned the language i dont