Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Tamil Nadu Leaders Invoke Gandhi’s Ideals of Peace
Tamil Nadu leaders remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
They asked people to follow his teachings.
Gandhi believed in non-violence, truth and equality.
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay said these ideas could help build a peaceful and united society.
M K Stalin highlighted the importance of secularism and religious harmony.
He also asked people to learn from Gandhi’s life.
Edappadi K Palaniswami praised Gandhi for using non-violence against a powerful empire.
The leaders said Gandhi’s values remain important for India.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, M K Stalin and Edappadi K Palaniswami paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
The leaders urged people to uphold Gandhi’s principles of non-violence, truth, equality and religious harmony.
Vijay called for a peaceful, united society founded on simplicity, honesty, humanity and brotherhood.
Stalin urged people to study Gandhi’s life and protect India’s tradition of religious harmony and secularism.
Palaniswami described Gandhi as a symbol of virtue who challenged an empire through non-violence and defended the oppressed.
- Who
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, DMK president M K Stalin and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami.
- What
- They paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and urged people to uphold his ideals of non-violence, truth, equality and harmony.
- When
- October 2, Gandhi’s birth anniversary; the report also identifies the day as Friday.
- Where
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- To commemorate Gandhi and encourage people to preserve peace, religious harmony, unity, integrity and secularism.
- Occasion
- Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary
- Date
- October 2
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Chief minister’s message
- C Joseph Vijay emphasized non-violence, simplicity, honesty, humanity, equality and social harmony.
- Stalin’s message
- M K Stalin stressed secularism, religious harmony and learning from Gandhi’s life.
- Palaniswami’s message
- Edappadi K Palaniswami praised Gandhi’s truth, moral virtue, equality and simplicity.
- Gandhi’s dates
- Born October 2, 1869, in Porbandar; assassinated January 30, 1948, in Delhi.