Chennai, October 15: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin unveiled a statue of former President APJ Abdul Kalam here on Sunday. On the 92nd birth anniversary of the late president, Stalin unveiled his life-size statue on the Anna university campus at Guindy here and interacted with students.

The state government's department of information and public relations has built the statue. A Bharat Ratna awardee, Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) was the 11th President from 2002 to 2007.

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin Unveils APJ Abdul Kalam Statue

State ministers including K Ponmudi (Higher Education), E V Velu (PWD) and M P Saminathan (Information) and senior officials took part.

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