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Chennai Central Station to be renamed after MGR: Narendra Modi

| @indiablooms | Mar 06, 2019, at 05:45 pm

Chennai, Mar 6 (IBNS): Visiting Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that  Chennai Central Station will be renamed after southern actor-politician Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR).

"MGR worked extensively for the downtrodden. His social welfare schemes gave strength to the fight against poverty," Modi said.

He said: "We have decided to rename the Chennai Central station after the great MGR."

Modi said his government will continue to work for the development of Tamil Nadu.

"The Central Government is making continuous efforts towards the development of Tamil Nadu. We are committed to creating a developed Tamil Nadu that Amma Jayalalithaa dreamt of," he said.

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