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" Buvaneshwar Special "
train departed from Madras Central Railway station at night 2'o clock on January
3rd of 1964. and reached Capital Orissa on 5th evening at 3.pm. Throughout the
distance of 900 miles people gathered at the in between stations
showed their affections raised slogans pro Kamaraj.
At Nellore Station the district president
Shankar Reddy and hundreds of Congress volunteers garlanded Kamaraj and
took him tot he near by stage in the platform. There they welcomed Kamaraj and
conveyed their regards. Baskets full of flowers were showered on Kamaraj.
Kamaraj plunged in the ocean of flowers
and affection of the public. His speech was very short but contained lot of
sense. His speech in Tamil was translated in Telugu by someone. Madras State
Chief Minister Mr.Bakthavathsalam also spoke for a minute. A poor labor with
soiled cloths and scattered hair came running with a garland in his hand . On
seeing him Kamaraj stood there till he come and garlanded him.
After the meeting was over coffee was
served to all the 700 volunteers by the party people of Andhra. At Bitrakunda
station breakfast was served to all the 700 volunteers by the public of that
area.
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