Stalin, Palaniswami, leaders pay tributes to late freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai
Mr. Stalin and his Cabinet colleagues paid floral tributes to a portrait and statue of the late freedom fighter in Chennai on Sunday. He also hailed the late freedom fighter's action against the colonial British during the country's freedom struggle.
Mr. Palaniswami paid tributes to the portrait of the late freedom fighter. Former Minister C. Ponnaiyan led his party functionaries in paying floral tributes to the portrait of the late freedom fighter in Chennai.
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