The former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh has been awarded with a posthumous Bharat Ratna, which is India’s highest civilian award. The announcement was made by the government on Friday afternoon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the award on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) hailing Mr Singh for his “incomparable contributions”.He dedicated his life to the welfare of farmers… whether as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh or Home Minister of the country, and even as MLA, he always gave impetus to nation-building. He stood against the Emergency (and) his dedication to our farmer brothers and sisters is inspiring…” Mr Modi said.
The award comes for Chaudhary Charan Singh amid the reports of the deal of seat-sharing between the Rashtriya Lok Dal and BJP. It is to be noted that the RLD was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh’s son and it is now led by his grandson, Jayant Chaudhary. It was only after few minutes of Mr Modi’s post that Mr Chaudhary tweeted: “Dil jeet gaya (Hearts have been won).”
