CHENNAI: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, ministers and senior functionaries of AIADMK paid floral tributes to party founder and former Chief Minister MG Ramachandran on his 103rd birth anniversary on Friday. At the AIADMK headquarters, CM Palaniswami, Panneerselvam and others garlanded the statues of MGR and J Jayalalithaa. The leaders also distributed sweets to cadre. Functionaries of AMMK and Tirupur unit of the DMK also joined AIADMK the CM, Panneerselvam and party presidium chairman E Madhusudanan.
Later, both leaders paid floral tributes to MGR portrait beneath his statue at MGR Medical University in Guindy. Ministers, Chief Secretary K Shanmugam and senior officials were present. In many places, public decorated portraits of MGR with flowers and kolams. Songs from films starring MGR were also played.
Floral tributes
Both leaders paid floral tributes to MGR portrait beneath his statue at MGR Medical University in Guindy. Ministers, Chief Secretary K Shanmugam and senior officials were present. In many places, public decorated portraits of MGR with flowers and kolams. Songs from films starring MGR were played.