With utter dismay I received the news of the sudden demise of Shree. K. Rajaram a long standing Tamil Nadu Politician and Ex-Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly. He was a gentleman politician who made his services available to everyone who needed his help. He was a great patriot as well.
My association with him extends to a period of over 30 years. It was in late 1976 that l took the Late Hon. G. G. Ponnambalam Q.C President of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress and a reputed Criminal Lawyer in Sri Lanka to Madras to defend the Present Chief Minister Hon. Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanithy after his Government of 1976 was dismissed. It was the Late Hon. K. Rajaram who took charge of Hon. G. G. Ponnambalam’s programme during his stay in Chennai.
Incidentally Hon. G. G. Pannambalam was to assume office as Joint President of the TULF along with the Late Hon. S. J. V. Chelvanayagam Q.C and the Late Hon. S. Tondaman President of the Ceylon Workers Congress, on his return to Colombo after the case. Little did we realise then that Hon. G. G. Ponnambalam was on his last journey and will not return alive. He flew to Singapore, from where only his remains arrived for us to receive at the Katunayake Air Port.
In 1980 I once again met Hon. Rajaram at Luzaka in Zambia where both of us attended the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference. He represented Tamil Nadu as its speaker and I represented as a Member of Parliament from Sri Lanka. During our short stay we participated in the 100th anniversary celebration of Mahakavi Subramania Barathiar, organised by the Tamils there. On his way back home he visited Sri Lanka and was the chief quest at the Bandaravanniyan Commemoration meeting at Vavunia.
During my long stay in Chennai between October 1983 and December 1989 we used to meet off and on. We had attended many functions and also addressed a number of meetings. He was very friendly and much helpful to the Leaders of the Tamil United Liberation Front like the Late Mr. A. Amirthalingam, the Late Mr. M. Sivasithamparam and many others like Mr. R. Sampanthan.
I send my deepest sympathies to his kith and kin, his constituents and the People of Tamil Nadu. May his sole rest in Peace.
V. Anandasangaree,
President,
Tamil United Liberation Front.
My association with him extends to a period of over 30 years. It was in late 1976 that l took the Late Hon. G. G. Ponnambalam Q.C President of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress and a reputed Criminal Lawyer in Sri Lanka to Madras to defend the Present Chief Minister Hon. Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanithy after his Government of 1976 was dismissed. It was the Late Hon. K. Rajaram who took charge of Hon. G. G. Ponnambalam’s programme during his stay in Chennai.
Incidentally Hon. G. G. Pannambalam was to assume office as Joint President of the TULF along with the Late Hon. S. J. V. Chelvanayagam Q.C and the Late Hon. S. Tondaman President of the Ceylon Workers Congress, on his return to Colombo after the case. Little did we realise then that Hon. G. G. Ponnambalam was on his last journey and will not return alive. He flew to Singapore, from where only his remains arrived for us to receive at the Katunayake Air Port.
In 1980 I once again met Hon. Rajaram at Luzaka in Zambia where both of us attended the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference. He represented Tamil Nadu as its speaker and I represented as a Member of Parliament from Sri Lanka. During our short stay we participated in the 100th anniversary celebration of Mahakavi Subramania Barathiar, organised by the Tamils there. On his way back home he visited Sri Lanka and was the chief quest at the Bandaravanniyan Commemoration meeting at Vavunia.
During my long stay in Chennai between October 1983 and December 1989 we used to meet off and on. We had attended many functions and also addressed a number of meetings. He was very friendly and much helpful to the Leaders of the Tamil United Liberation Front like the Late Mr. A. Amirthalingam, the Late Mr. M. Sivasithamparam and many others like Mr. R. Sampanthan.
I send my deepest sympathies to his kith and kin, his constituents and the People of Tamil Nadu. May his sole rest in Peace.
V. Anandasangaree,
President,
Tamil United Liberation Front.
