New Delhi, Aug 10: The DMK on Friday demanded the nation's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, for party patriarch M. Karunanidhi who passed away in Chennai on August 7.
The party said the award will be a real tribute to the late Tamil Nadu leader's outstanding and exemplary work which had left an indelible mark in history.
Karunanidhi, who led the DMK for five decades, was the Chief Minister for 19 years spread over five terms.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, DMK's Trichy Siva dubbed Karunanidhi the "tallest leader of the country and a Dravidian stalwart".
"He lived five years short of a century, out of which he contributed 80 years to the public life, fighting for the cause of the downtrodden, backward and the suppressed people.
"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 also wrote scripts for 80 movies," Shiva said enumerating the achievements of Karunanidhi.
He said that Karunanidhi was "unparalleled" and made a mark in all walks of life.
"His life cannot be described in words. He was a staunch and untiring soldier. He was fighting till his last breath, for social justice, secularism, state autonomy and self respect.
"I would urge the government to confer upon him posthumously the Bharat Ratna, which will be a real tribute to his outstanding and exemplary work which had left an indelible mark in the annals of history," the DMK lawmaker said.
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Aurangabad: A pitbull owned by a woman in Chetananagar, Aurangabad, reportedly attacked a lactating stray dog, leaving the animal severely injured. The incident, captured on video, has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread condemnation.
The video shows the pitbull mauling the stray dog as its owner stood by, making no apparent attempt to intervene. Witnesses claim that this is not an isolated incident, alleging repeated attacks by the same dog. Social media users have accused the owner of negligence and enabling cruelty toward stray animals.
According to a post shared by the Instagram account "@streetdogsofbombay," the attacked stray dog, a lactating mother with puppies, is now in critical condition and has been admitted to a hospital. The post also claims that the dog owner has faced multiple FIRs in the past for similar incidents but continues to evade accountability, allegedly due to political connections.
The post further states that a volunteer, in coordination with PETA India and APLA Aurangabad, has approached local police to file another FIR against the owner.
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