Advani accepts ‘Bharat Ratna’ with humility and gratitude
''Today I gratefully remember two persons with whom I had the honour of working closely--Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and 'Bharat Ratna' Atal Bihari Vajpayee,'' he said in a statement.
''Today I gratefully remember two persons with whom I had the honour of working closely--Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and 'Bharat Ratna' Atal Bihari Vajpayee,'' he said in a statement.
Addressing gatherings at separate functions, Modi congratulated BJP's veteran leader Advani for the highest civilian award.
Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, who campaigned across the country for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, will not attend the Pran Pratishtha ceremony due to extreme cold weather.
A Special CBI Court in 2020 acquitted the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
The statements of all the accused have been recorded by the CBI special court earlier this month.
The Supreme Court had in 2017 revived the conspiracy charge in the Babri Masjid demolition case against Advani, Joshi, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti and others.
“It's such a wonderful feeling that in a country as large and diverse as India, electoral process has been so successfully completed and for that, my compliments to the electorate and all the agencies involved. May our great nation be blessed with a bright future ahead,” said Advani.
It is, however, unclear how seriously the party will heed Advani’s advice to “look back and look within”, for truth be told, the current breed of political activists ~ across all parties ~ would prefer to reverse the order of “nation, party and self”.
If an accusing finger can be pointed at any single individual, it must be directed at the first presiding officer of the Metropolitan Council, the forerunner of the Delhi Assembly.
The memorial, erected on 6.12 acres of land in city's Chanakyapuri area, is built in the memory of 34,844 police personnel who have laid down their lives in the line of duty since 1947, with 424 losing their lives this year.