Mandal, Mandir, Market, Millets & Mandi: Narendra Modi’s 5M Bharat Ratna Spree. Just ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a Bharat Ratna spree, awarding India’s highest civilian award to LK Advani, Karpoori Thakur, Chaudhary Charan Singh, Narasimha Rao and MS Swaminathan.
The announcement comes close on the heels of the government also bestowing the honour on veteran BJP leader LK Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur
Rao's political leadership of India's economic turnaround and subsequent rise laid the foundations of a truly New and Rising India. Bharat Ratna to him now smacks of political opportunism
The Narendra Modi government announced the Bharat Ratna awards for former prime ministers Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao, as well as Green Revolution pioneer M S Swaminathan. This move is seen as political messaging, with Charan Singh s nomination likely to bolster BJP s electoral prospects in agrarian regions.