தந்தை பெரியார் விரும்பியபடியும் @AsiriyarKV அவர்கள் வலியுறுத்தியபடியும் சென்னை அண்ணா சாலையில் முத்தமிழறிஞர் கலைஞரின் சிலை முன்பிருந்த இடத்திலேயே...

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly that the statue of former Chief Minister and legendary Dravidian leader Muthamizharignar M. Karunanidhi would be reinstalled at its historic location on Chennai arterial Anna Salai. Stalin noted that reinstalling the statue fulfills the solemn wish expressed by social reform titan Thanthai Periyar decades earlier and heeds the persistent appeals made by Dravidar Kazhagam President K. Veeramani and millions of admirers worldwide. The government will execute the project in strict adherence to judicial guidelines without causing traffic hindrance.

Karunanidhi statue on Anna Salai was originally unveiled in 1975 during Periyar lifetime but was vandalized following political upheaval in 1987. Karunanidhi famously responded with poetic magnanimity, forgiving the perpetrators and declining to re-erect the statue during his subsequent tenures as Chief Minister. Stalin stated that honoring Karunanidhi unprecedented five-decade legislative career and unparalleled social welfare contributions is an essential historical responsibility for modern Tamil Nadu.

Stalin dignified announcement was received with emotional acclaim across legislative party lines. His respectful fulfillment of Periyar historic desire celebrates Karunanidhi monumental legacy as the architect of modern Tamil Nadu, cementing his permanent memory in the heart of Chennai.