DMK, AIADMK rivalry spills over to Bharat Ratna
D.Govardan @timesgroup.com
Chennai: 13.08.2018
The decades-old bitter political rivalry between the two major Dravidian parties, DMK and AIADMK, has now spilled over to awarding Bharat Ratna to the stalwarts from both the sides – DMK president M Karunanidhi, who passed away on August 7, and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa, who died on December 5, 2016.
Following the death of nonagenarian leader Karunanidhi, demands came to the fore last week asking the Centre to honour his services to society for seven decades by awarding him the Bharat Ratna.
DMK MP Tiruchi Siva raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha last week and several other MPs supported him. TNCC president S Thirunavukkarasar too issued a statement the same day, backing their demand.
On Sunday, the AIADMK too joined the fray in seeking the Bharat Ratna for Jayalalithaa. The party reminded the Centre of the pending demand of the AIADMK for conferring the honour on the former chief minister.
In a post on social media, AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP V Maitreyan noted that newspapers have carried a lot of information about the Bharat Ratna and listed out recipients of the award from Tamil Nadu that included C Rajagopalachari, C V Raman, K Kamaraj, MGR, APJ Abdul Kalam and M S Subbulakshmi.
“After the sad demise of Puratchi Thalaivi Amma on December 5, 2016, the general council of AIADMK met on December 29, 2016 and passed a unanimous resolution, urging the Union government to accord Bharat Ratna for Amma. The state cabinet also passed a resolution urging the Centre to confer the highest civilian award on her,” Maitreyan said in his Facebook post, while adding that the AIADMK MPs also raised the issue in both the houses of Parliament in January and February 2017.
More than 600 days have passed since Jayalalithaa’s sad demise, Maitreyan wrote in his post. He added, “The AIADMK cadres, Amma loyalists and the people of Tamil Nadu are eagerly awaiting the response of the NDA government in this regard on conferring Bharat Ratna on their beloved people’s chief minister Puratchi Thalaivi Amma.”
D.Govardan @timesgroup.com
Chennai: 13.08.2018
The decades-old bitter political rivalry between the two major Dravidian parties, DMK and AIADMK, has now spilled over to awarding Bharat Ratna to the stalwarts from both the sides – DMK president M Karunanidhi, who passed away on August 7, and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa, who died on December 5, 2016.
Following the death of nonagenarian leader Karunanidhi, demands came to the fore last week asking the Centre to honour his services to society for seven decades by awarding him the Bharat Ratna.
DMK MP Tiruchi Siva raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha last week and several other MPs supported him. TNCC president S Thirunavukkarasar too issued a statement the same day, backing their demand.
On Sunday, the AIADMK too joined the fray in seeking the Bharat Ratna for Jayalalithaa. The party reminded the Centre of the pending demand of the AIADMK for conferring the honour on the former chief minister.
In a post on social media, AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP V Maitreyan noted that newspapers have carried a lot of information about the Bharat Ratna and listed out recipients of the award from Tamil Nadu that included C Rajagopalachari, C V Raman, K Kamaraj, MGR, APJ Abdul Kalam and M S Subbulakshmi.
“After the sad demise of Puratchi Thalaivi Amma on December 5, 2016, the general council of AIADMK met on December 29, 2016 and passed a unanimous resolution, urging the Union government to accord Bharat Ratna for Amma. The state cabinet also passed a resolution urging the Centre to confer the highest civilian award on her,” Maitreyan said in his Facebook post, while adding that the AIADMK MPs also raised the issue in both the houses of Parliament in January and February 2017.
More than 600 days have passed since Jayalalithaa’s sad demise, Maitreyan wrote in his post. He added, “The AIADMK cadres, Amma loyalists and the people of Tamil Nadu are eagerly awaiting the response of the NDA government in this regard on conferring Bharat Ratna on their beloved people’s chief minister Puratchi Thalaivi Amma.”
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