NE NEWS SERVICE
COIMBATORE, OCT 2
Former DMK MLA Veerapandi A Raja died of a heart attack on Saturday at Salem on his 59th birthday while garlanding the portrait of his late father and former minister and DMK strong man Veerapandi S Arumugham.
சேலத்துச் சிங்கம் வீரபாண்டியாரின் மகனும் எனது அன்புச் சகோதரருமான இராஜா மறைந்தார் என்றறிந்து துடித்துப் போனேன்.
அவரது குடும்பத்தினருக்கும் கழக உடன்பிறப்புகளுக்கும் ஆறுதல் சொல்ல சொற்கள் இன்றி தவிக்கிறேன்.
கழக வரலாற்றில் வீரபாண்டியாரைப் போல் இராஜாவும் நிலைத்து நிற்பார்! pic.twitter.com/DbxMveR2eG
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) October 2, 2021
He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Raja suddenly collapsed after garlanding the photograph of his father and was immediately taken to a private hospital, family sources said.
However, he was declared brought dead. Raja was elected to the Tamil Nadu state assembly in 2006 from Veerapandi and was the party election committee secretary in Salem district.
He had held several posts since he joined DMK in 1982.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minster M K Stalin, ministers Palanivel Thiagrajan, K N Nehru, Ponmudi and other ministers paid homage and placed wreaths on the body, party sources said.
Stalin also met the bereaved family and consoled them,
