Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder Thol. Thirumavalavan on Friday announced that CPI (ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya will receive the annual ‘Ambedkar Sudar’ Award, instituted by the party, in Chennai on May 28.
CPI general secretary D. Raja; Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu; Rajendra Pal Gautam, former Minister in the AAP government in New Delhi; CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan; G. Mohan Gopal, former Vice-Chancellor of the National Law University, Bengaluru; and Tamil scholar Thayammal Aravanan will receive the ‘Periyar Oli’, ‘Kamarajar Kathir’, ‘Ayothidasar Aadhavan’, ‘Marx Mamani’, ‘Quaid-E-Millath Pirai’ and ‘Semmozhi Gnayiru’ Awards respectively.