New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday introduced that veteran BJP chief Lal Krishna Advani can be conferred the Bharat Ratna, the very best civilian award in India.
”The conferring of the Bharat Ratna on him is a really emotional second for me,” PM Modi wrote on his official X account and tagged two photos with the 96-year-old chief.
The Prime Minister stated that he has spoken to Mr Advani, a former deputy prime minister, and congratulated him on being conferred this honour.
”One of the vital revered statesmen of our occasions, his contribution to the event of India is monumental. His is a life that began from working on the grassroots to serving the nation as our Deputy Prime Minister,” PM Modi wrote.
”He distinguished himself as our House Minister and I&B Minister as effectively. His Parliamentary interventions have all the time been exemplary, filled with wealthy insights,” he added.
Advani Ji’s decades-long service in public life has been marked by an unwavering dedication to transparency and integrity, setting an exemplary normal in political ethics. He has made unparalleled efforts in direction of furthering nationwide unity and cultural resurgence. The conferring…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 3, 2024
”Advani Ji’s decades-long service in public life has been marked by an unwavering dedication to transparency and integrity, setting an exemplary normal in political ethics,” PM Modi stated.
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The Prime Minister additionally stated that Mr Advani’s ”decades-long service in public life has been marked by an unwavering dedication to transparency and integrity, setting an exemplary normal in political ethics.”
He has made unparalleled efforts in direction of furthering nationwide unity and cultural resurgence, PM Modi stated.
”I’ll all the time take into account it my privilege that I obtained numerous alternatives to work together with him and study from him,” he stated.
LK Advani Is BJP’s Longest-Serving President
LK Advani has served because the president of the Bharatiya Janata Get together for the longest interval since its inception in 1980.
He’s credited with crafting BJP’s rise by way of the Nineties when it got here to energy for the primary time as the pinnacle of coalition governments underneath Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
He served because the deputy prime minister within the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led cupboard from 2002 to 2004.