Statue Of Karl Marx To Be Put in In Chennai, Says MK Stalin

Statue Of Karl Marx To Be Put in In Chennai, Says MK Stalin


Chennai:

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday introduced {that a} statue of German thinker and socialist chief Karl Marx can be put in in Chennai – a metropolis that has served as a hub for the labour motion for over a century.

Making a suo motu announcement below Rule 110 within the Meeting, MK Stalin stated: “The Dravidian mannequin authorities needs to honour and pay tribute to the good world chief Karl Marx – a visionary thinker and revolutionary who formulated the philosophy of communism and gave the decision: ‘Employees of the world, unite!'”

The announcement comes in opposition to the backdrop of the continuing twenty fourth Nationwide Congress of the Communist Get together of India-Marxist within the state’s Madurai, which MK Stalin is scheduled to attend.

MK Stalin hailed Karl Marx as probably the most influential thinkers in world historical past, whose concepts laid the inspiration for quite a few revolutions and societal modifications throughout the globe.

“At a time when nobody wrote about India, it was Karl Marx who precisely analysed and documented the realities of the nation,” he stated.

The Chief Minister additionally recalled that in 1931, social reformer Periyar (E.V. Ramasamy) translated and revealed “The Communist Manifesto”, authored by Marx and Friedrich Engels, into Tamil.

The announcement was extensively welcomed by a number of political events.

CPI-M state Secretary P. Shanmugam revealed that the occasion’s govt committee had formally requested the set up of a Marx statue and thanked MK Stalin for fulfilling their request. Dravidar Kazhagam President Okay. Veeramani described the choice as a “important achievement of the Dravidian mannequin authorities”. CPI State Secretary R. Mutharasan stated the federal government’s transfer could be remembered as a landmark in historical past. PMK founder Dr. S. Ramadoss known as it a becoming tribute to Marx, “a comrade of labourers” and one of many world’s most revered leaders.

In the identical announcement, Stalin additionally revealed that the state authorities would assemble a memorial constructing for the late All India Ahead Bloc chief P.Okay. Mookiah Thevar at Usilampatti in Madurai district.

The Chief Minister praised Mookiah Thevar for his early entry into politics and his shut affiliation with Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar. MK Stalin recounted that Thevar was elected from the Periyakulam Meeting seat in 1952 and continued to win elections from the Usilampatti constituency in 1957, 1962, 1967, 1971, and 1977. In 1971, he additionally received the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha seat. MK Stalin highlighted Thevar’s function through the 1967 political transition in Tamil Nadu, the place he served because the pro-tem Speaker and administered the oath to newly elected MLAs. He additionally lauded Thevar’s efforts in establishing academic establishments for the Thevar neighborhood, which resulted in authorities schools being arrange in Kamuthi, Usilampatti, and Melaneelithanallur through the DMK regime.

Mookiah Thevar’s sturdy opposition in Parliament to the Katchatheevu settlement was additionally remembered by MK Stalin. All events within the Meeting, together with the principal opposition AIADMK, welcomed the Chief Minister’s bulletins.

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