Tamil Nadu: Son a Union minister, but L Murugan’s independent mom and dad toil in fields SECTIONS Tamil Nadu: Son a Union minister, but L Murugan’s independent mom and dad toil in fieldsBy Share Synopsis Far from celebrating their son becoming a Union minister, L Murugan’s parents continue to toil in the fields. The couple prefer a life independent of their son, earning their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. TOI-Online Fellow villager Vasu Srinivasan said Loganathan was standing in the queue at the local ration shop when the state government was distributing Covid dole.