Stalin pays tributes to freedom fighter Veeran Azhagumuthu Kone on birth anniversary

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin paid floral tributes to the statue of freedom fighter Veeran Azhagumuthu Kone on the occasion of his birth anniversary at a function near the Egmore railway station in Chennai on Friday. Mr. Stalin also hailed the freedom fighter in a social media post.

Ministers S. Regupathy, K.R. Periakaruppan, M.P. Saminathan, R.S. Rajakannappan, Ma. Subramanian, and P.K. Sekarbabu; Chennai Mayor R. Priya; legislators Thayagam Kavi, A. Vetriazhagan, Joseph Samuel, A.M.V. Prabhakara Raja, and senior officials also paid their tributes to the freedom fighter.

Meanwhile, the 53^rd leader of Dawoodi Bohra community, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, and senior representatives called on the Chief Minister at his camp office in Chennai and thanked him for the State government’s support in hosting the community’s annual Ashara Mubaraka congregation.

Separately, in a social media post, Mr. Stalin said it was the birth centenary of Thavathiru Kundrakudi Adigal. Recalling that Kundrakudi Adigal undertook the campaign for chanting in Tamil during worship, Mr. Stalin also pointed out that he had stood by the side of the late leader ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramasamy and former Chief Ministers C.N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi.