madurai commercial taxes and registration minister p moorthy and information technology minister palanivel thiaga rajan on friday attended a memorial meeting for eminent industrialist karumuttu t kannan who passed away on may 23 the two have not been seeing each other for some time after ptr lost his finance portfolio in the wake of two audio clips released by bjp in which he purportedly makes remarks against chief minister m k stalins son and soninlawthough ptr had dismissed the clips as fake he has not been seen speaking at public meetings after this episode besides local dmk leaders also ensure that he is not given an opportunity as it happened at a public meeting addressed by pwd minister e v velu in connection with kalaignar centenary on july 4 on the same day ptr had to wait for nearly two hours at an event at lord kallazhagar temple in alagarkoil before deciding to walk out since hrce minister p k sekar babu and p moorthy were inspecting road work on the premises during the scheduled time of the functionat fridays memorial meeting organised by tamil nadu chamber of commerce and industry and various industrial associations moorthy said karumuttu t kannans contribution to various roles including as thakkar of meenakshi temple for 19 years was commendable he lived an unblemished life in all spheres and made thiagarajar educational institutions one of the leading ones in tamil nadu he recalled the election donation given by kannan when he contested for mla seat and said that it was one of the precious things he had received though he doesnt collect election donationsaddressing the meeting ptr said karumuttu t kannan was a good family friend and they used to have long dialogues wherever he was included kannan proved his resourcefulness and contributed to the industry or association he belonged to he never worked for his own fame ptr said he recalled his last meeting with kannan in may when he gave a sound counsel his demise was a great loss to society madurai and to him personally he added chief minister m k stalin will be visiting kannans residence on saturday after inaugurating kalaignar centenary library in madurai