T.N. Governor criticises govt. over venue chosen to honour Mahatma Gandhi on demise anniversary

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi pays floral tributes to a portrait and bust of Mahatma Gandhi on the Gandhi Mandapam in Chennai, on the event of his demise anniversary on Thursday, January 30
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Expressing disapproval of the Tamil Nadu authorities internet hosting occasions in “a nook of a metropolis museum” to honour the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Governor R.N. Ravi on Thursday (January 30, 2025) mentioned his repeated requests to Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin to cease this observe was met with “cussed refusal.”

In a social media put up, the Raj Bhavan quoted Mr. Ravi as saying: “Does it make any sense to do Gandhi memorial occasions — his birthday and martyrdom day — in a nook of a metropolis museum? My repeated requests to the Chief Minister to accord due respect to the Father of the Nation and maintain such occasions in a befitting method on the Gandhi Mandapam met with cussed refusal.”

Mr. Ravi was additional quoted as saying: “Throughout his lifetime, Gandhi Ji was vigorously opposed and mocked by the followers of Dravidian ideology. However ought to he continued to be mocked at even at the moment? [sic]”

The Governor mentioned the Gandhi Mandapam was “a grand memorial” constructed over a sprawling land adjoining to the Guindy Nationwide Park by then-Chief Minister Okay. Kamaraj in 1956.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin and Ministers pay floral tributes to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the federal government museum campus in Egmore 
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Particular Association

Earlier within the day, the Governor paid floral tributes to a portrait and bust of Mahatma Gandhi on the Gandhi Mandapam on the event of his demise anniversary. Mr. Stalin and Ministers paid floral tributes to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the federal government museum campus in Egmore.

Mr. Stalin additionally administered the pledge towards untouchability to the Ministers, senior officers, and workers on the Secretariat in Fort St. George in Chennai.