Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam condemns renaming of the Periyar EVRA Highway in Chennai.
Coimbatore: Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam's leader, K Ramakrishnan announced that he was going to stage a protest against the renaming of the Periyar EVRA Highway in Chennai by destroying the name plate of Grand Western Trunk Road in Chennai.
He added that the name change was reprehensible because the road had been named by late Chief Minister MGR in 1979 to honour Periyar but the Sangh Parivar organizations and BJP which scoff at Periyar ideals are now taking steps to prevent the name of Periyar being used.
K Ramakrishnan announced that he was going to take part in the protest on April 16 to condemn the name change and that he would destroy the name plate of the Grand Western Trunk Road.