<span style="color: #222222;">Tamil Nadu BJP leader L Murugan has urged the State Government to grant permission for the Vinayaga Chaturthi functions in public places. He met Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy last evening in Chennai. Later, talking to reporters, he said, the Chief Minister has assured him of consulting the officials on the issue. Mr Murugan also said, imposing restrictions on the festival like social distancing and forgoing the procession before the immersion of the idols are agreeable to him.<br />''<br />''The State Government had on last Friday announced that Vinayaga Chaturthi events like installation of the Ganesha idols in public would not be possible this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.</span><br />