Hailing the sacrifices of late freedom fighter ‘Veeramangai’ Velu Nachiar, Rural Development Minister K. R. Periakaruppan appealed to the younger generation to learn about their struggle in making India an independent nation from the colonial British regime.
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After garlanding the statue of Velu Nachiar at Chettikulam in Sivaganga district on Monday marking the 292nd birth anniversary, the Minister said that she was the first woman to fight the Britishers from this part of the region, which motivated more and more people to follow her in the struggle.
In a bid to ensure that the historic moments were preserved, the then DMK leader and late Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had built memorials for many of the freedom fighters in Tamil Nadu. As a result of which, the message about the stalwarts were visible even today. He urged the younger generation to imbibe the qualities of sacrifice and to learn to come up the hard way from such leaders and wished they cultivated good habits and brought laurels to the society.
Sivaganga Collector P. Madhusudan Reddy, Superintendent of Police T. Senthil Kumar, MLAs A. Tamilarasi Ravikumar, S. Mangudi and functionaries from many other political outfits and service organisations also garlanded the statue at the memorial.
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BJP hails Velunachiyar
Hailing the sacrifices of freedom fighter “Veeramangai” Velunachiyar, BJP leaders appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to preserve Hindu culture and tradition.
Party State president Annamalai said that she was a symbol of determination, grit and valour.
As a mark of respect and also to disseminate about stalwarts such as Velunachiyar, the BJP had proposed to educate the masses across the country in this 75th year of Indian independence. Hence, 75 freedom fighters/tyagis have been chosen and the BJP leader appealed to the youth to learn in depth about their sacrifices.
Senior BJP leader H Raja traced the historic importance of the freedom fighters from Tamil Nadu and the significant role played by the party from time immemorial.
National secretary (minority morcha) M. Syed Ibrahim, MLAs Nainar Nagendran, Vanathi Srinivasan, State and district functionaries of the party also showered encomiums on Velunachiyar.
The leaders pointed out the Facebook page of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had heaped praised on Velunachiyar and that he had appealed to the youth in the country to follow the ideology of such famed fighters. The younger generation had a greater responsibility in the nation building exercise and the BJP would support them in all the development aspects, he had stated.
Earlier in the day, the BJP leaders garlanded the statue of Velunachiyar at the memorial in Soorakulam in Sivaganga district.