TN CM, leaders pay homage to freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar on his 114th birth anniversary
The Hindu
The CM laid a wreath at the late leader’s samadhi in Pasumpon; a bus was stoned and there were complains of harassment from the public in Madurai
Marking the 59th guru puja and the 114th birth anniversary of the late leader Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. K. Stalin, accompanied by a battery of ministers, MLAs and others, paid tribute at the ‘samadhi’ in Pasumpon village in Ramanathapuram district on Saturday.
The CM, who had arrived in Madurai on Friday, drove down to Pasumpon village around 9.30 a.m. Elaborate security arrangements were in place, led by Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Thamaraikannan. The CM was received by Ramanathapuram District Collector Shankar Lal Sumawat.
The Chief Minister placed a wreath at the samadhi and also visited the memorial, accompanied by Ministers I. Periasami, K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, Thangam Thennarasu, K.R. Periakaruppan, Geetha Jeevan, Anitha Radhakrishnan, Raja Kannappan, R. Sakkarapani, P. Moorthy, Palanivel Thiaga Rajan and Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, MLAs Tamilarasi, Kadarbasha Muthuramalingam and Murugesan.