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Hours after Jayant Chaudhary shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally on Sunday, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief was left embarrassed after its national vice-president Shahid Siddiqui resigned citing the BJP’s “concerted attacks on democratic institutions and the Constitution”.
As farmers from Punjab continue to press on with their call for a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops, among other demands, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), the farmers’ wing of the RSS, has said the farmers are “suffering because of agricultural experts”.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MP on Sunday said that the former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh was awarded India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna award just for the "political benefits" of it. "Chaudhary Charan Singh is being awarded Bharat Ratna because they (BJP) want the Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary to join their party."
In a third announcement of Bharat Ratnas within a fortnight, the government on Fridaynamed three more recipients for the country’s highest civilian award — former prime ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh andP V Narasimha Rao, and celebrated agricultural economist M S Swaminathan.
By conferring Bharat Ratna first on Karpoori Thakur and L K Advani, and now on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Choudhary Charan Singh, and agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan, it is evident that Narendra Modi will present a mantra including Mandal, Mandir, Market and Mandi (farmers) in the Big Battle of 2024 – taking a leaf out of the book of many a leader before him, but giving it a Modi touch.
Leaders across political parties have hailed the decision to award Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and M S Swaminathan. BJP leaders insisted that the honour was ‘long overdue’ and hailed the Narendra Modi government for “rising above party politics". The development also came mere days after the administration conferred the country's highest civilian honour for LK Advani and Karpoori Thakur — taking the recipient count to 53.
Speaking in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pointed attack on the Congress. He said the party never considered B R Ambedkar worthy of the Bharat Ratna and kept giving the honour to their “own family members”. He said the Congress, which named parks, streets, and squares after its “family members”, is now giving the BJP advice and lessons on social justice.
The Centre on Friday announced it would award the Bharat Ratna posthumously to former Prime Minister and farmer leader Chaudhary Charan Singh.