TIRUCHY: Communal forces have been trying to destroy the harmony prevailing in the state, and they have now attempted to light saffron lamps in Tiruparankundram, said State Minister for Higher Education Govi Chezhiaan on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the distribution of welfare assistance to beneficiaries under Muthalvarin Thayumanavar Thittam in Thanjavur, Govi Chezhiaan said, Tamil Nadu is named on top for communal harmony and for practising secularism.

"Late chief minister M Karunanidhi had played a crucial role in maintaining secularism in the state, but the Governor RN Ravi has been making unnecessary delay in passing the bill for Kalaignar Karunanidhi University in Kumbakonam. The DMK MPs would soon meet the President, demanding intervention in the issue and

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