Vigil up at Madras varsity, venue of 75th Thanthi fete

Police have made tight security arrangements in view of his visit to the city. According to sources, Modi will arrive at Chennai airport at 10 am on Monday and he will be received by Governor Banwarilal Purohit. Later, the Prime Minister is scheduled to travel to the city by helicopter and reach INS Adyar, where he will be received by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. 

The Prime Minister will then proceed to Madras University campus to preside over the 75th anniversary celebrations of Daily Thanthi, at 10.30 am, to be attended by TN Governor, Union Minister for Defence Nirmala Seetharaman, and TN Chief Minister and Deputy CM among other dignitaries. 

After this, Modi will go to Mayor Ramanathaan Chettiar Hall by road to participate in the wedding of the daughter of TV Somanathan, an IAS officer in the PMO, from 11 30 am to 12 noon before leaving for New Delhi. 

It is expected that both the CM and the Deputy CM will brief the PM about the devastation caused by the monsoon rains. Modi may meet BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan and Rajya Sabha member L Ganesan during his visit. 

More than 10,000 police personnel were involved in providing security.

DMK working president MK Stalin on Sunday said the inseparable bond between Dravidian movement and Daily Thanthi, which stands tall as Mt Everest, could be understood from the 75th anniversary of the newspaper coinciding with the centenary of Dravidian movement, golden jubilee of Anna assuming office as CM and Karunanidhi’s diamond jubilee as MLA. In his congratulatory message, Stalin said that he takes pride in reminding that Daily Thanthi has walked hand in hand for three quarters of a century with Dravidian movement The relationship DMK founder Anna and incumbent president M Karunanidhi shared with its founder Si Pa Aditanar, popularly called Tamizhar Thanthai (father of Tamils), was an ethno-lingual one beyond borders, he remarked, wishing the paper to march in its uncompromising and upright path for centuries for the uplift of Tamil and Tamilians. 

Greeting Daily Thanthi on its platinum jubilee, CPI state secretary R Mutharasan on Sunday said that the newspaper has a lot of achievements to its credit. “The organisation, which was established 75 years ago by Si Pa Aditanar, has reached every nook and corner and it has impressed even the common people and intensified their reading habit.” He added that even though many newspapers had been established, Daily Thanthi remained special for many people particularly from the rural areas. Mutharasan also pointed out that the newspaper has been providing a lot of information about local, state, nation and world news. “Further, the supplements have also been helpful to all,” he noted.