Former CM Janakiraman laid to rest in his native village in Tamil Nadu

Former Puducherry Chief Minister and senior DMK leader R V Janakiraman, who passed away at a private hospital here, was laid to rest with full state honours at his native Alathur village in Tamil Nadu. He had died at the hospital here Monday due to age-related ailments.

The body was kept at his residence here to enable the public to pay homage and later taken by road to Alathur. Full state honours were accorded to the leader and a 21 gun salute by the Puducherry Armed police was also given to him.

The Puducherry government had announced three-day mourning since Monday in memory of the leader. Among those who paid their last respects were Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, DMK president M K Stalin, Ministers of the union territory, DMK legislators and cadres and former agriculture minister R Viswanathan (CPI).

He was Puducherry Chief Minister from 1996 to 2000. He was elected from Nellithope segment here for five consecutive terms from 1985.