Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati today demanded that party founder Kanshi Ram should also get the Bharat Ratna as she welcomed the central government's decision to confer the award on former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur.
Karpoori Thakur is considered a pioneer of the idea of reservation in government jobs for the backward sections. In 1978, he brought in 26 per cent reservation for backward classes in Bihar. He is remembered for implementing the recommendations of the Mungeri Lal Commission, which introduced these quotas. This eventually set off a chain of events that led to the Mandal Commission recommendations in the 1990s
Congress welcomes Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur, criticizes Modi govt. for hypocrisy. Thakur championed social justice, Congress calls for nationwide caste census as tribute. Rahul Gandhi advocates for caste census, Modi govt. refuses to release 2011 census. Thakur, non-Congress socialist leader, named for Bharat Ratna posthumously. Thakur enforced alcohol prohibition, village renamed after him.
two-time bihar chief minister karpoori thakur, considered the fountainhead of obc politics in bihar, has been named for the country’s highest civilian award bharat ratna posthumously, a rashtrapati bhawan communique said on tuesday on the eve of his birth centenary. thakur, who passed away in 1988, was the first non-congress socialist leader who became chief minister twice first for seven months in december 1970 and later for two years in 1977. “the president has been pleased to award bharat ratna to shr
Thakur was a champion of social justice and conducting a nationwide caste census would be an appropriate tribute to him, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said