L-G, CM lead Kamaraj tribute
The Hindu
In their first joint appearance for a State event, Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy led the tributes to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Kamaraj on his birth ann
In their first joint appearance for a State event, Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy led the tributes to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Kamaraj on his birth anniversary. Ms. Soundararajan and Mr. Rangasamy paid floral tributes to the statue of Kamaraj at the Kamaraj Salai - Anna Salai intersection. Speaker R. Selvam, Home Minister A. Namassivayam, PWD Minister K. Lakshminarayanan, Agriculture Minister C. Djeacoumar, Transport Minister A. Chandira Priyanga, MLAs and other dignitaries also paid floral tributes to the statue of the leader.Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
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