Police Training School to be named after ‘Veeramangai’ Velu Nachiyar: Stalin

The Police Training School in Vellore will be named after freedom fighter ‘Veeramangai’ Velu Nachiyar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Friday.

He unveiled a statue of the freedom fighter on the Gandhi Mandapam  campus in Chennai and paid floral tributes. The statue has been installed at a cost of ₹50 lakh.

Recalling the DMK government’s efforts at honouring eminent personalities, Mr. Stalin pointed out that the government’s tableau for the Republic Day Parade in 2023 featured a statue of Velu Nachiyar.

Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin; Ministers E.V. Velu, S. Regupathy, KR. Periakaruppan, M.P. Saminathan, R.S. Rajakannappan, Ma. Subramanian, P.K. Sekarbabu, and T.R.B. Rajaa; Chennai Mayor R. Priya; MPs T.R. Baalu and Thamizhachi Thangapandian; MLAs  A.M.V. Prabhakara Raja, S. Aravind Ramesh, and K. Ganapathy; and senior officials were present at the event.

Mr. Stalin also visited a camp organised under the ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ programme in Ward 133 at T. Nagar and interacted with those visiting it. T. Nagar MLA J. Karunanithi and senior officials were present.