PM's Big Announcement: Bharat Ratna For Two Former PMs Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao🏅💐

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the conferring of the Bharat Ratna to Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao and MS Swaminathan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the nation, for former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan.🏅💐

Taking to the microblogging site X, PM Modi wrote, “It is the good fortune of our government that former Prime Minister of the country Chaudhary Charan Singh is being honored with Bharat Ratna.”

The prime minister said that the honour is dedicated to Charan Singh’s “incomparable contribution to the country”. The former PM had dedicated his entire life to the “rights and welfare of farmers”.

“Be it the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh or the Home Minister of the country and even as an MLA, he always gave impetus to nation building. He also stood firm against the Emergency. His dedication to our farmer brothers and sisters and his commitment to democracy during the Emergency is inspiring to the entire nation,” PM Modi wrote in his post on X.