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Harish Rawat needs Bharat Ratna for Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati

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AICC common secretary and former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat demanded that the Government of India ought to confer Bharat Ratna on interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati.
Rawat expressed his demand in a social media publish whereby he described Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati as having “sharp” personalities with having made immense contribution in the direction of ladies empowerment.
“You can agree or disagree with her politics but you cannot rule out the fact that Sonia ji has taken the yardstick of dignity, social devotion and public service of Indian women to a new height,” Rawat stated in a tweet through which he tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
गरिमा प्रदान की है, आज उन्हें भारत की नारीत्व का गौरवशाली स्वरूप माना जाता है। सुश्री मायावती जी ने वर्षों से पीड़ित-शोषित लोगों के मन में एक अद्भुत विश्वास का संचार किया है, #भारत_सरकार को चाहिये कि इन दोनों व्यक्तित्वों को इस वर्ष का #भारत_रत्न देकर अलंकृत करें।@narendramodi— Harish Rawat (@harishrawatcmuk) January 5, 2021
In a subsequent tweet, Rawat additional stated, “Similarly, Mayawati has fought for the oppressed and the exploited, besides instilling a sense of belief in them. The government of India should honour them by conferring Bharat Ratna to both this year,” he stated.
Rawat’s demand for Bharat Ratna a tactic to idiot public: BSP
However, Rawat’s demand to confer on Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati the nation’s highest civilian award has not gone down effectively with the state BSP management which has termed it a “tactic to befool public”.
“The demand raised by Rawat is nothing but a ruse intended to fool people. The former Congress governments consistently failed in conferring the highest honour on Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar. It was only conferred after BSP founder Kashiram Sahu and other BSP leaders, including Mayawati raised the demand,” BSP chief Gautam stated.
He additional added that after they demanded the identical honour to be bestowed upon Kashiram Sahu when Congress was in energy, it didn’t heed to their calls for. “They are making such demands now when they are not in power,” stated Gautam.
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Rawat is setting a improper precedent by demanding Bharat Ratna for an out on bail accused: BJP
Rawat’s name for conferring Bharat Ratna on Sonia Gandhi was additionally countered by the state BJP unit which stated that Rawat wished to set a improper precedent by awarding the nation’s highest honour to somebody who’s dealing with courtroom instances.
“By demanding Bharat Ratna for Sonia Gandhi, does Rawat want the honour to be given to someone who is out on bail? What sort of precedent he wants to set by making such a demand? It will never happen,” BJP state vice-president Devendra Bhasin stated.