Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday said he is “waiting to back AIADMK’s recommendation” to confer Bharat Ratna on freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar.Chief Minister Stalin was responding to a question at a press conference held after he paid tributes to Thevar’s memorial in Pasumpon on the 63rd guru puja and 118th jayanthi, observed on Thursday.
Stalin recalled his contributions and added that former CM and DMK president M Karunanidhi’s efforts to honour the tall leader. Talking to reporters at Pasumpon, Stalin said Karunanidhi, during his tenure in 1969, visited the Pasumpon village, and the government extended support for the construction of a manimandapam for Thevar in 1974.
Listing the DMK government’s efforts to honour the freedom fighter, Stalin cited the installation of a life-size bronze statue of Thevar at his memorial.