MK Stalin defends Periyar Arivulagam project completion

DMK leader MK Stalin stated on Wednesday that 99.75 per cent of the work on the Periyar Arivulagam and Science Centre in Coimbatore was completed during the previous DMK administration. Speaking during a visit to the facility alongside Dravidar Kazhagam president K Veeramani, Stalin suggested that the project might have been shelved by the current TVK government had it not been nearly finished.

Stalin expressed hope that other library projects initiated by the DMK, such as those named after Quaid-e-Millat in Tirunelveli and K Kamaraj in Tiruchirappalli, will also be completed. He highlighted the party's history of establishing knowledge centers, citing the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai and the Kalaignar Centenary Library in Madurai. During the tour, Stalin encouraged students and youth to study the ideals of social reformer Periyar and the principles of the Dravidian movement.