<p class="title rtejustify">DMK member Tiruchi Siva on Friday asked the Centre to posthumously confer Bharat Ratna to the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi as a tribute to his 'outstanding and exemplary work for the people'.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">DMK chief M Karunanidhi died on August 7 after a brief illness. The 94-year-old DMK patriarch had served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five times but was never a member of Parliament.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Siva said Karunanidhi was a Dravidian stalwart and the tallest leader of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Karunanidhi contributed 80 years to public life, fighting for the cause of the downtrodden, backward and the suppressed people, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Many members, including Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, associated themselves with Siva's demand.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In a break from tradition, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on August 8 as a mark of respect to M Karunanidhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Siva said Karunanidhi had "a long list of achievements which will bring feathers in his crown."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"He was an outstanding orator, a prolific writer, a novelist, a short-story writer, a philosopher, a philanthropist and also a dramatist. He was an actor and he also wrote scripts for eighty movies. Sir, he is unparalleled and he made a mark in all walks of life," he said. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Su Thirunavukkarasar backed the demand.</p>.<p>In a statement, he urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the departed leader in view of services to the people as a five-time chief minister and contribution to the Indian polity.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">DMK member Tiruchi Siva on Friday asked the Centre to posthumously confer Bharat Ratna to the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi as a tribute to his 'outstanding and exemplary work for the people'.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">DMK chief M Karunanidhi died on August 7 after a brief illness. The 94-year-old DMK patriarch had served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five times but was never a member of Parliament.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Siva said Karunanidhi was a Dravidian stalwart and the tallest leader of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Karunanidhi contributed 80 years to public life, fighting for the cause of the downtrodden, backward and the suppressed people, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Many members, including Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, associated themselves with Siva's demand.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In a break from tradition, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on August 8 as a mark of respect to M Karunanidhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Siva said Karunanidhi had "a long list of achievements which will bring feathers in his crown."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"He was an outstanding orator, a prolific writer, a novelist, a short-story writer, a philosopher, a philanthropist and also a dramatist. He was an actor and he also wrote scripts for eighty movies. Sir, he is unparalleled and he made a mark in all walks of life," he said. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Su Thirunavukkarasar backed the demand.</p>.<p>In a statement, he urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the departed leader in view of services to the people as a five-time chief minister and contribution to the Indian polity.</p>