Leaders pay homage to Dr. Ambedkar

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, APRIL 14. The Chief Minister, Mr. P. Shanmugham, Minister, Mr. P. Kannan, legislators of Congress (I), TMC, AIADMK, CPI, Deputy Speaker, Mr. M. Kandasamy, and other leaders today paid homage to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, on the occasion of his 109th birth anniversary .

Mr. Shanmugham and others garlanded the statue of Dr. Ambedkar in Bharathi Park, opposite the Assembly building. Among those who paid floral tributes were the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Board, Mr. S. Manohar, TMC general secretary, Mr. K. Lakshminarayanan and Chairman of Pondicherry Planning Authority, Mr. Iyyanarappan. Minister-designate, Mr. N. Rangasamy and former Agriculture Minister, Mr. R. Viswanathan, also paid tributes to the leader.

Mr. Shanmugham and Mr. Kannan accompanied by a large number of volunteers and representatives of various organisations then visited to Dr. Ambedkar Manimandapam, which was opened during the previous regime.

The former Chief Minister, Mr. R.V. Janakiraman, who was waiting with his followers, some distance away from the statue in Bharathi Park, garlanded the statue only after Mr. Shanmugham and others left for the memorial.

Slogans recalling the services of the leader were raised by volunteers of various organisations of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.

The PMK founder, Dr. S. Ramadoss, also garlanded the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, in Uppalam in the outskirts of Boulevard limits. The PMK legislators, Mr. S. Ramsingh and Mr. M. Manjini and volunteers were among those who accompanied Dr. Ramadoss.

The president of BJP Pondicherry State committee, Mr. A.M. Krishnamoorthy along with Mr. S.P. Veerappan, Mr. M. Viswesaran, Mr. Damodaran and members of different wings of the party garlanded Dr. Ambedkar's statue in Bharathi Park.

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