Gonikoppal: Over 15,000 people, most of them in their traditional Kodava attire, were a witness to the unveiling of bronze statues of Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa and General Kodandera S. Thimayya by Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat at Cauvery College in Gonikoppal, South Kodagu, this morning. After unveiling the statues, Gen. Rawat said that it was time to recommend the name of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa for Bharat Ratna honour.
“It is time to recommend Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa for the Bharat Ratna. If others can get it (Bharat Ratna), I see no reason why Field Marshal Cariappa shouldn’t be a deserving personality for the same,” he said in his 7-minute address, amidst thunderous applause from the audience.
