Tamilnadu State Minister for Tourism Vellamandi N Natarajan had said that Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy will be requested to initiate steps for declaring Trichy as a second capital of Tamilnadu. <br />'' <br />''Mr Natarajan was speaking at a function in Trichy today in connection with the inauguration of the distribution of free masks through ration shops in the district.<br />'' <br />''The Minister also pointed out that this was a dream of late M G Ramachandran, erstwhile Chief Minister of the state.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">State ministers from Madurai, already known by its sobriquet "cultural capital of Tamilnadu " have also put forward a demand to declare it as a second capital.</span><br />