Bharat Ratna 2024: President Droupadi Murmu right this moment (March 30) will confer Bharat Ratna upon 5 eminent personalities together with two former Prime Ministers (posthumously) and veteran Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) chief LK Advani.
Among the many 5 personalities to be awarded Bharat Ratna, apart from former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani, 4 others- ex-Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao, eminent agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, could be awarded posthumously.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had posted on X, “Delighted to share that our former Prime Minister, PV Narasimha Rao Garu, will likely be honoured with the Bharat Ratna. As a distinguished scholar and statesman, Narasimha Rao Garu served India extensively in numerous capacities.
“He’s equally remembered for the work he did because the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Union Minister, and as a Member of Parliament and Legislative Meeting for a few years. His visionary management was instrumental in making India economically superior and laying a strong basis for the nation’s prosperity and progress. Whereas asserting the honour for Chaudhary Charan Singh, PM Modi wrote on X, “It’s the success of our authorities that former Prime Minister of the nation, Chaudhary Charan Singh, is being honoured with Bharat Ratna. This honour is devoted to his incomparable contributions to the nation. He had devoted his total life to the rights of farmers and their welfare.”
PM Modi had additionally introduced Bharat Ratna for agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan.
“It’s a matter of immense pleasure that the Authorities of India is conferring the Bharat Ratna on MS Swaminathan Ji, in recognition of his monumental contributions to our nation in agriculture and farmers’ welfare. He performed a pivotal position in serving to India obtain self-reliance in agriculture throughout difficult instances and made excellent efforts in the direction of modernising Indian agriculture,” the Prime Minister mentioned.
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