Communist leader N. Sankaraiah to receive Thagaisal Thamizhar Award
The Hindu
The award has been instituted by the DMK government this year, to honour a distinguished Tamil personality
Veteran Communist leader N. Sankaraiah, , will receive the first Thagaisal Thamizhar Award that this year to honour a distinguished Tamil personality. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will hand over the award to Mr. Sankaraiah during the Independence Day celebrations in Chennai next month. A committee headed by the Chief Minister that met in the Secretariat selected the veteran CPI (M) leader for receiving the award this year, an official release said on Wednesday.Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.