The statue is positioned just a few hundred metres away from the place the place the unique statue was vandalised 35 years in the past.
The statue is positioned just a few hundred metres away from the place the place the unique statue was vandalised 35 years in the past.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday unveiled a statue of Dravidian stalwart and five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the late M Karunanidhi, within the presence of the latter’s son and state CM M Ok Stalin right here.
The statue, positioned on the campus of the multi tremendous specialty authorities hospital at Omandurar Property in Chennai, is positioned just a few hundred meters away from the place the place the unique statue was vandalised 35 years in the past within the wake of AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran’s dying.
The 16-feet excessive bronze statue is mounted on a 14-foot excessive pedestal. After the formal unveiling, the Vice President, accompanied by the chief minister and different leaders paid floral tributes to a portrait of Karunanidhi saved close to the statue.
Periyar (rationalist chief E V Ramasamy) needed to put in a statue of Kalaignar (as Karunanidhi was identified). However after Periyar’s dying his spouse Maniammai took the initiative together with the Dravidar Kazhagam to put in his statue on Anna Salai, Mr. Stalin stated.
“The statue was vandalised by sure evil forces out of political malice following the dying of MGR (as Ramachandran was addressed),” Mr. Stalin stated in his epistle to his DMK staff on Friday.
