Chennai, Sept. 6 -- DMK Spokesperson Saravanan has called the unveiling of social reformer E V Ramasamy Periyar's portrait at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin "a great tribute" to a person whose struggles and ideals helped Tamil Nadu to make great progress in various sectors.

"Periyar is somebody who has brought in the rational movement, which has ensured that Tamil Nadu is one of the top states in the country and that Tamil Nadu is a place where we give importance to self-respect, social justice, women's rights," Saravanan told ANI.

He said Chief Minister Stalin implemented several policies and programmes to realise the ideals espoused by Periyar.

"It is the state of Tamil Nadu and ...