Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to confer the country’s highest military honour Param Vir Chakra to Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
“I request the Government of India to confer the nation’s highest military honour, Param Vir Chakra, on Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman,” the Chief Minister wrote in his letter, according to news agency PTI.
In his letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Palaniswami said, “Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman displayed amazing poise and confidence in the face of adverse conditions, which has won him many hearts across the country. It is appropriate that he be awarded India’s highest military honour Param Vir Chakra (PVC) for displaying most inimitable gallantry and valour,” news agency PTI quoted the Chief Minister as saying.
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting Param Veer Chakra (country’s highest military honour) for Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. (File pic) pic.twitter.com/6HVzrumn7F
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2019
Varthaman, who was captured on February 27, returned home on March 1 after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced he would be released as a “gesture of peace”.
According to the central government, “Param Vir Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea, or in the air.”
