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World Business News |
Chennai News
Chennai, April 11: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa on Monday pledged full support for bringing
Formula One racing to the city.
She gave the assurance when racing icon Narain Karthikeyan,
the first ever Indian to feature in F1, called on her at the
Secretariat, an official release said.
During the meeting, Karthikeyan explained all the features of
F1 racing and the tremendous viewership the sport commanded.
He requested the Chief Minister to support the proposal to
bring the sport to Chennai as the city was the "automobile
capital of India" and should automatically be the choice.
Jayalalithaa told him that she had already written to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh for establishment of a motor racing
circuit and an automobile testing facility here. She had also
drawn the attention of the Prime Minister to the need to
bring F1 racing to the city, the release said.
"The Chief Minister indicated that the proposal to establish
a racing circuit will receive her full support", the release
said.
During the meeting, Principal Secretary, Finance, N.
Narayanan was also present.
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