Looking back at the events immediately after former Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founder M.G. Ramachandran’s (MGR) demise in December 1987, veteran politician ‘Panruti’ S. Ramachandran recalls that it was Janaki Ramachandran who decided on her own to succeed her husband who was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 to 1987.
Any discussion on the current state of affairs in the AIADMK invariably witnesses references to the brief stint in politics of Ms. Janaki.
The episode was highlighted during recent interviews given by prominent personalities to certain social media channels. Industrialist Palani G. Periasamy spoke of the circumstances in which MGR died on December 24, 1987, and how Ms. Janaki succeeded him.
Mr. Periasamy recalls that two days after MGR’s demise, he was surprised when Ms. Janaki informed him that she was going to become the Chief Minister. Ms. Janaki conveyed she had been “greeted” by ‘Panruti’ Ramachandran, ranked third in the MGR Cabinet, who held portfolios such as Electricity and Fo
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