Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami on Monday, 8 October, urged the Modi government to confer the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on late J Jayalalithaa and Dravidian icon C N Annadurai, reported ANI.
Palaniswami also asked the Centre to rename the Chennai Central railway station after AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran.
The chief minister put forward his demand during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
“In our meeting with prime minister today, we have put forward a demand to accord Bharat Ratna to ‘Amma’ and Arignar Anna (CN Annadurai). We also demanded the Chennai Central railway station to be renamed after AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran.”E Palaniswami, TN Chief Minister to ANI