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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Puducherry Assembly Speaker

V.Sabapathy today paid floral tributes to the statue of former Chief Minister and veteran freedom fighter V.Venkatasubba Reddiar on his 106th birth anniversary.

Welfare Miniter P.Rajavelu, Electricity Minister T.Thiagarajan, legislators and officials were among those who paid tributes.

Reddiar was the second Chief Minister of Puducherry after it became free from French regime in 1962.

Puducherry PCC workers led by its president A Namassivayam also paid floral tributes. Leader of the oppositon V.Vaithiliingam (the younger son of Venkatasubba Reddiar), legislators and freedom fighters were among those who paid homage.

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First Published: Dec 18 2015 | 1:48 PM IST

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