Social Welfare Minister ends stir near Raj Nivas

In a dramatic development, Minister for Social Welfare M. Kandasamy on Tuesday evening called off his day-night agitation, seeking an audience with Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi, after shifting the venue from the portico of the Assembly to the Raj Nivas, earlier in the day. He relented after meeting Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy. Around 10.50 a.m. on Tuesday, the Minister left the Assembly to visit a nearby government hospital to call on a Congress legislator who was undergoing treatment. After spending a few minutes in the premises, his official vehicle reached the Romain Rolland Library side of Raj Nivas through Goubert Salai.