Jagan seeks Bharat Ratna for Tricolour designer Pingali (Ld)
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Jagan seeks Bharat Ratna for Tricolour designer Pingali. Image Source: IANS News
Amaravati, March 12 : Within hours of meeting the family members of Indian flag designer Pingali Venkaiah on Friday, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommending a Bharat Ratna to be awarded to him posthumously.
"Request your kind self to honour the aspirations of the people of Andhra Pradesh by giving a deserving acknowledgement to the life and contribution of late Pingali Venkaiah by conferring Bharat Ratna (posthumously) upon him," Reddy said in the letter.