Tamil Nadu government on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against social activist "Traffic" Ramaswamy for his alleged remarks against Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa during the torrential and floods.

In his complaint filed on behalf of the Chief Minister, City Public Prosecutor M L Jegan submitted that the speech of Ramaswamy against Jayalalithaa and her administration about the distribution of flood relief, circulated through Whats App during the floods, was highly defamatory.