CHENNAI, INDIA, June 7, 2007: Chennai’s prestigious cricket club is in the middle of a controversy for disallowing a civil servant entry because he was clad in a veshti–the traditional Tamil attire. But the club maintains its only maintaining its time-honored tradition by imposing the dress code. Even Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi might have to wear trousers if he’s to enter the Tamil Nadu cricket association’s club. At least that’s what A. Narayanan figured out. the Congressman and advisor to the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj was denied entry into the club for a lecture all because he came in Tamil Nadu’s most traditional attire. Narayanan says, “It’s an insult to an Indian traditional dress. They have not insulted Narayanan. They have insulted a representative of the union ministry.” Furious with the club’s decades-old tradition, Narayanan’s shot off a letter to the Chief Minister and is now launching a signature campaign against the TNCDA club. Several other big clubs in the city too have strong rules on dress code and Narayana’s out to fight for the dhoti to be part of that code. While the TNCA club authorities did not comment on record they did admit that in the past even ministers have been asked to shed their dhoti and wear trousers before entering the club.