BJP asks PM to confer Bharat Ratna on Vajpayee
By PTI - NEW DELHI
02nd January 2013 06:04 PM
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The demand for bestowing the Bharat Ratna on Vajpayee has been made on some earlier occasions as well. (PTI photo/File)
BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to confer Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on Atal Bihari Vajpayee this Republic Day and name the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) after him.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, BJP MP and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha made the demands while referring to an article by Professor Arvind Panagaria in a leading newspaper where he had made the suggestions for honouring former Prime Minister Vajpayee.
"After mentioning the stellar contribution made by Vajpayee to the economic development of India, he (Panagaria) has concluded by saying that we should name the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana as Atal Gram Sadak Yojana and we should also confer Bharat Ratna on him," Sinha said.
The BJP leader said that Panagaria was not affiliated to any political party and maintained that he had only "objectively stated what he and millions of others feel".
The demand for bestowing the Bharat Ratna on Vajpayee has been made on some earlier occasions as well.
Sinha said the people of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand were grateful to Vajpayee for carving out these states.
"As an MP elected from Jharkhand, I consider it as my pious duty to urge upon you to concede both the demands raised by Professor Panagaria--conferring Bharat Ratna on Vajpayee on the occasion of the forthcoming Republic Day and also naming PMGSY as Atal Gram Sadak Yojana," he said.
"I am sure you will demonstrate the magnanimity and grace to give a great man his due," he said while referring to the "unique contribution" made by Vajpayee to public life and his role in the development of the country.
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This is what Swamy said about Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he was PM. Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy said BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee should dissociate himself from the golden jubilee celebrations of the country's Independence, 'alleging that Mr Vajpayee had acted as a 'police informer' during the Quit India movement in 1942. In a statement here, Dr Swamy said he was shocked to see Mr Vajpayee in Mumbai on August 9 as guest of honour at the commemoration of the Quit India movement.
Posted by Engineer Shareef at 01/02/2013 19:00 Reply to this Report abuse
Vajpayee's ascent to P.M’s chair was a systematic conspiracy and false propaganda & inspiration from Nazis for over 6 decades. The cunning cartel succeeded in transforming the frenzied mass hysteria in to electoral gains. The history show cases the ugly face behind the deceptive Saffron Makhota. * He was an approver in Bateshwar conspiracy case, upon his statement, freedom fighters were imprisoned. ref: hinduonnet *1983 , in Assam his infamous speech before the elections is on record he said “ khoon ki Nadyan Bahengi”, the next 2 days about 3000 innocent Muslims were killed & thrown in river. *His cabinet lend Masood Azhar a safe passage to Afghanistan. * He remained silent PM when Muslims were massacred in Gujarat, including burning alive of Mr. Ehsan jaffri ex-parliamentarian along with 62 others. *kalyan Singh - “Pradhan Mantri is Piyaakad”. * GovindAcharya - he is “Makhota” * Uma Bharti -he is Adha Congressi. NO SURPRISE, IF THEY DEMAND "NOBEL PEACE PRIZE" FOR GODSE.
Posted by Engineer Shareef at 01/02/2013 19:18 Reply to this Report abuse
Mr Shareef, can you explain Sonia Gandhi's ascent? Laloo's? The same Dr Subramaniam swamy has torn apart the Gandhi family. Compare them to Vajpayee and Advani. you will understand their greatness. The Gandhi family gifted Pakistan time and again by their inaction and also allowed traitors and terrorists to freely roam about and grow in India. Not just Vajpayee, but the whole world ( except the anguished gujarathi's ) remained silent, and still are silent on the massacre of the hindu kar sevaks. you do not get all information only by reading the English media. Please read a lot, travel a lot, find the ground realities and then post a comment. I am neither a BJP supporter nor a congress hater. But comparing all the politicians, BJP does seem to be better at this moment.
Posted by Hindustani at 01/02/2013 21:10 Reply to this Report abuse