TN CM Edappadi Palanisamy to preside over MGR birth centenary celebrations

The Tamil Nadu government has announced a six month-long celebrations of the birth centenary of AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran with Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy presiding over it.

The events will culminate in a "grand celebration" scheduled in Chennai in January next year, the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said.

A series of events have been scheduled starting June 30 to December 30, before the "grand" valedictory slated in January, it said.

Palanisamy had earlier invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the valedictory of the birth centenary celebrations of Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, a former chief minister and a Bharat Ratna recipient.

Interestingly, former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, leading the AIADMK's rival Puratchi Thalaivi Amma faction, has also invited Modi for the birth centenary celebrations of Ramachandran, tentatively scheduled in October.