President Kovind unveils ex-Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhi’s portrait at Madras Legislative Council centenary celebrations

President Ram Nath Kovind presided over the one hundredth yr of the Madras Legislative Council and unveiled the portrait of five-time former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi at St Fort George in Chennai.
Addressing the gathering, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin mentioned he’s proud that within the coming years today can be etched in golden letters. Stalin heaped praises on the President, saying that he stored social justice as his life aim. In his deal with, he mentioned the legislature has launched ‘novel, pioneering schemes and enabled an egalitarian society equivalent to guaranteeing rights for girls in poverty, amongst others
Further, Stalin famous that the meeting has a particular standing in spending some historic laws. He mentioned it was on this meeting Madras Presidency was renamed Tamil Nadu when CN Annadurai was the chief minister. He added that the historic two-language coverage was additionally established on this excellent place.

Stalin highlighted that Kalaignar had served because the chief minister, Opposition chief, MLA and held numerous positions and obtained laurels. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit additionally praised Kalaignar, stating that he had received the hearts of the poor and the downtrodden. “He was a versatile leader, who mesmerised the masses with oratory. For a person to be the chief minister of Tamil Nadu five times and to win every election in his political career is indeed a remarkable achievement,” Purohit claimed.
Purohit famous that folks held Kalaignar in excessive esteem for his huge information in numerous fields. “He was rightly called as the people’s chief minister,” he mentioned.
President Ram Nath Kovind, who started his speech in Tamil, mentioned he feels pleased to unveil the portrait of Kalaignar, who holds a spot within the historical past of India. “It is indeed a momentous day, we are commemorating the centenary of the Madras Legislative Council as it was known then. August is an auspicious month in our national calendar as it marks the anniversary of our Independence Day too. In these years, the nation had made great progress on several fronts and it was made possible by the joint work of people and leaders,” he mentioned.
The President elaborated that the historical past of the Madras Legislative Council dates again to 1861. An advisory physique arrange again then bloomed right into a law-making meeting in 1921. “Under colonial rule, there were, of course, many limitations and challenges on the functioning of such a body. Also, there were numerous separate constituencies based on caste, community and other parameters. Still, even if partial, it was a move towards a responsible government. Democracy, in its modern form, was returning to the land where it was practised centuries ago,” the President added.
He mentioned the legislative council has made many forward-looking legislations. “It would not be wrong to say that this legislature became the fountainhead of many progressive legislations, which were subsequently replicated across the country to empower the weaker sections of the society and strengthen our democracy,” Kovind added.
“The Madras legislature has flown seeds of a fully representative democratic form of governance, which were realised after Independence. This legislature can rightly be credited with nurturing the roots of democracy by focusing on governance to uplift the poor and purge social evils,” he mentioned.
President mentioned the politics and governance within the area advanced round constructive and rational content material that was meant for the welfare of these dwelling on the margins. He famous that widow remarriage, abolition of the devadasi system and mid-day meals in faculties have been among the revolutionary concepts that remodeled society.
Kovind mentioned Tamil poet Subramaniya Bharathiyar had summed up the progressive considering of the individuals of Tamil Nadu. He mentioned the meeting already has portraits of the state’s biggest heroes, and now, the corridor of fame could have Karunanidhi, whose total life was dedicated to the individuals’s trigger.

Further, he praised the Dravidian patriarch by saying that his political life began within the early teenage years when India was preventing for freedom. When he breathed his final, he would have been glad that his land and the individuals have made progress and developed on all fronts, Kovind mentioned.
“For him mother-tongue was the object of worship. Tamil, of course is one of the greatest and oldest languages of humankind. But it was Karunanidhi who ensured that it was granted official recognition as a classical language. Kalaignar was a leader in a class of his own. He was among the last links we had with the stalwarts of our national moment,” he mentioned.
Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Legislative members, Parliament members, Chief Justice of Madras High Court, and numerous social gathering leaders, together with BJP, participated within the occasion. The opposition social gathering, AIADMK, boycotted the centenary celebrations.