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DMK demands Bharat Ratna for Karunanidhi, passes resolution at party meet

The DMK on Tuesday passed a resolution and urged the Union government to confer Bharat Ratna to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.

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The DMK on Tuesday passed a resolution and urged the Union government to confer Bharat Ratna to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.

The resolution was passed at party's General Council meeting in Chennai where MK Stalin was elected unopposed, as he was the sole candidate who had filed nomination for the party chief's post on August 26.

The demand comes days after AIADMK, in one of the resolutions, urged the Centre to take steps to award Bharat Ratna to Dravidar Kazhagam founder Periyar EVR Ramasamy, DMK founder CN Annadurai, and former AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa.

Karunanidhi, one of the foremost Dravidian politicians in modern times, died last month, after waging a grim battle for life aged 94, the hospital where he was admitted for the last 11 days.

Hugely influenced by the rationalist and egalitarian ideology of E V Ramasamy 'Periyar' and DMK founder and the state's first chief minister C N Annadurai, Karunanidhi became one of the most enduring mascots of the Dravidian Movement, which aimed at seeking equal rights for the depressed sections and women, and was against Brahminism

Karunanidhi became the chief minister for the first time in 1969 after the demise of Annadurai. He subsequently helmed the state as chief minister in 1971, 1989, 1996 and 2006

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly 13 times, the last time as a 92-year-old in 2016

Karunanidhi, who earned sobriquets of 'Thalaivar' (The Leader) and 'Kalaignar' (The Artist) from his ardent followers, became DMK president in 1969 and held the position till his death.

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