Tamil Nadu Guv expresses grief over death of Vajpayee

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister K Palaniswami today expressed grief over the death of former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee.

In a statement, Purohit said Vajpayee was an outstanding statesman, a great orator and role model for politicians and poets and his death "fills me with great shock and grief."

"A great son of Mother India is no more. But his service to the people of India as the Prime Minister of the nation, memories of his speeches in Parliament and outside, and his qualities of tolerance and magnanimity will live on forever," the governor said.

Highlighting his administrative skills, Palaniswami said Vajpayee, the first prime minister from BJP, had slogged his entire life. DMK working president M K Stalin said, Despite ideological differences, the late 'Kalaignar' M Karunanidhi shared cordial relationship with Vajpayee.

"By taking part in a protest by Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation, organized in Madurai, for the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Vajpayee made TN proud...it is a big loss to the country," he said. AMMK, DMDK, MDMK, Tamil Maanila Congress also expressed grief over the death.

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