NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 15
Former Chief Minister and Congress stalwart (Kingmaker), K Kamaraj’s 119th birth anniversary was celebrated on Thursday in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and rich tributes were paid to him by leaders cutting across party lines.
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Chief Minister M K Stalin, along with his Cabinet colleagues, MPs and MLAs garlanded a decorated portrait of Kamarajar placed beneath his statue on Anna Salai here and paid floral tributes.
Led by Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K S Alagiri, party cadres took out a rally here, from Kamarajar Arangam located in Teynampet to his memorial in T Nagar to honour the late leader’s yeoman services to the nation.
பெருந்தலைவரின் புகைழ்பாட அணிதிரண்டு வந்த அனைத்து நல் உள்ளங்களுக்கும் எனது மனமார்ந்த நன்றியை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.
– கே.எஸ்.அழகிரி,
தலைவர்,தமிழ்நாடு காங்கிரஸ் கமிட்டி pic.twitter.com/yPLEE6SUgf— K.S.ALAGIRI (@KS_Alagiri) July 15, 2021
Leaders including Alagiri, Congress legislature party leader K Selvaperunthagai garlanded the statues of the leader at Kamarajar Arangam and at his memorial.
Commemorative events were held across the state including a programme at Congress headquarters ”Sathyamurthi Bhavan” here in honour of Kamarajar.
In Puducherry, Lt Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan paid floral tribute to the statue of Kamarajar along with Chief Minister N Rangasamy and his cabinet colleagues.
Paid floral tributes to former Chief Minister Shri K.Kamaraj at the leader's statue at #Puducherry
மதிய உணவு தந்து கல்வி கண் திறந்த பெருந்தலைவர் காமராஜர் அவர்களின் பிறந்த நாளான இன்று புதுச்சேரியில் உள்ள அவரது திருவுருவச்சிலைக்கு மாலை அணிவித்து, மலர் தூவி மரியாதை செலுத்தினேன். pic.twitter.com/75a0vauytw
— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (மோடியின் குடும்பம் ) (@DrTamilisai4BJP) July 15, 2021
AIADMK top leader O Panneerselvam, BJP leader Karu Nagarajan were among the leaders from other parties who paid homage to Kamarajar at his memorial.
Kamarajar, Congress stalwart and freedom fighter (1903- 1975), he was a former Chief Minister and his birth anniversary is observed as a state event every year by the Tamil Nadu government.
His birth anniversary is also celebrated as “Educational Development Day,” in honour of his services to Tamil Nadu on the education front. Reverentially addressed as ”Kamarajar” in Tamil, he is a leader held in high esteem by the people for his selfless services, honesty and simplicity.
Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dhinakaran were among several others who hailed Kamaraj for his services to the people including bringing education within the reach of poor.
