Jaya pays floral tributes to MGR on his 99th birth anniversary

: Rich tributes were paid to AIADMK founder and former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran here by party supremo J Jayalalithaa and senior party leaders on his 99th birth anniversary today.
Jayalalithaa paid floral tributes to the statue of Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR and also released the birthday souvenir on the occasion, a party release said.
Senior AIADMK Ministers, Parliamentarians, MLAs, representatives of MGR Mandram Peravai and a host of party functionaries participated in the function.
Later, the Chief Minister also distributed sweets to hundreds of party workers present at the venue, it said.
Yesterday, in her message as part of the birth anniversary celebrations, Jayalalithaa had urged party workers to "hand her" an unprecedented victory in the coming assembly polls by preparing for operations "right away".

"AIADMK should secure a win in the (coming) elections like one not witnessed in the earlier polls; a win that no other political movement in Indian history has secured.

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Welfare and Tourism Minister P.Rajavelu, Electricity and Education Minister T.Thiagarajan, legislators and delegates of different wings of the ruling AINRC were among those who paid floral tributes at a statue of MGR.
Legislators belonging to AIADMK and delegates of party's different wings came in a processionunder the leadership of the Secretary of State unit of AIADMK P Purushothaman from the party headquarters and garlanded the statue.