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Thousands of Communist Party of India (CPI) workers and members of the wide nationalist thronged ‘Balan Illam’, the party’s State office astatine T. Nagar successful Chennai, connected Thursday (February 26, 2026), to wage their past respects to state combatant and seasoned person R. Nallakannu, who passed distant astatine the property of 101 connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026).
Many CPI workers and members of the nationalist from assorted districts arrived astatine the enactment bureau to wage tributes to Nallakannu, who championed the rights of the moving people and the oppressed.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on with his Cabinet colleagues, leaders of assorted governmental parties including MDMK wide caput Vaiko, DMDK wide caput Premallatha Vijayakant, Naam Tamilar Katchi main coordinator Seeman, members of the movie fraternity and respective others, paid homage to the departed leader.
Mr. Stalin and different leaders besides raised slogans successful praise of the precocious leader, hailing his lifelong committedness to nationalist causes. The Tamil Nadu authorities accorded State honours to the departed seasoned astatine Balan Illam.
Prominent personalities who paid past respects to Mr. Nallakannu see seasoned writer N. Ram, actors Rajinikanth, Suriya and Karthi and erstwhile IAS officers, among others.
Mr. Rajinikanth said helium had ne'er seen leaders specified arsenic Omandur P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar, K. Kamaraj, P. Kakkan, and C.N. Annadurai. But helium saw each of them successful Nallakannu. The departed person was an illustration of earning respect by being honest, humble and polite, helium added. Ms. Vijayakant reiterated her request for conferring Bharat Ratna connected Nallakannu.
In the evening, Mr. Nallakannu’s mortal remains were taken successful a procession from the enactment bureau done Anna Salai, with enactment workers lining the way to bid farewell to him. As per his wish, his assemblage was handed implicit to Madras Medical College for aesculapian research.
