TN government to celebrate MGR’s birth anniversary in a grand manner

DMK led Tamilnadu government on Sunday announced that it would officially celebrate the birth anniversary of MG Ramachandran aka MGR, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and founder of its breakaway faction AIADMK in a grand manner.

Chief Minister MK Stalin, who had no qualms bragging about his association with MGR in the run up to the April 6 Assembly elections, would be deputing his Ministers and MPs to honour the late matinee idol who had kept DMK out of power for around a decade in the distant past.

An official announcement said that Ministers and MPs of the party would garland the statue of MGR at Dr MGR Medical University campus at 10am on Monday.

The state government, in fact, did not confine itself to announcing the celebration. The official communication presented an abridged account of MGR’s life, including his formative years as drama artists and his contribution as chief minister later.