A commemorative stamp featuring freedom fighter and communist leader P. Jeevanandham, known as Jeeva, was released on Saturday.
“He was a leader who knew the mind of the people and through his speeches, he ensured that people voted against the governments,” recalled CPI state secretary D. Pandian in his address in the function.
Mr Pandian, a close associate of Jeeva in the last 11 years of his life, said his self-denial and patriotism prompted Mahatma Gandhi to call him the “asset of the nation.”
“Jeeva was also a brilliant orator and exponent of Tamil literature,” he said recalling how the Kamban Kazhagam in Karaikudi allowed him to speak without setting any time frame.
CPI national council secretary D. Raja pointed out how Jeeva had assimilated the principles of Marxism and explained them to the layman through simple and powerful songs.
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