Nagore Hanifa played key role in taking DMK to the masses, says CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Wednesday said adjacent though ‘Isai Murasu’ Nagore E.M. Hanifa was nary longer alive, his dependable continued to reverberate done his songs and had played an instrumental relation successful taking the DMK to the masses.

Speaking astatine the centenary celebrations of Nagore E.M. Hanifa astatine Kalaivanar Arangam successful Chennai, Mr. Stalin described him arsenic a idiosyncratic endowed with bonzer vocal strength, whose almighty dependable remained intact until the extremity of his life.

He said Nagore Hanifa and erstwhile Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi shared a adjacent friendship. Recalling the Kallakudi protestation led by Karunanidhi, Mr. Stalin said it was Hanifa’s dependable that carried the connection of the protestation to each hamlet successful Tamil Nadu.

Mr. Stalin said Hanifa began singing astatine the property of 11 successful schools, and went connected to execute connected nationalist stages by the property of 15, yet increasing into a ‘people’s singer’. He besides recalled Hanifa’s emotion for the Tamil connection and his agelong governmental travel from the Justice Party to the Dravidar Kazhagam and yet to the DMK.

The Chief Minister besides released 2 books – a postulation of Nagore Hanifa’s songs and a centenary commemorative measurement connected his life. He besides visited a photograph accumulation organised connected the occasion.

Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P.K. Sekarbabu, Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani, and Indian Union Muslim League nationalist president K.M. Kader Mohideen were among those present.