Bihar deputy chief minister and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday papered over the division between the RJD and the JD(U) over the Centre’s resolution to confer Bharat Ratna for former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur and stated it is not essential whether or not this resolution was taken proper earlier than the Lok Sabha elections or not. “What’s essential is that our demand has been fulfilled…we’ve got been demanding this for a very long time. We’re actually glad that our former CM has been awarded with Bharat Ratna. Its impression may even be seen politically. The federal government of India was compelled to take this resolution after we performed the caste census,” Tejashwi stated.
Tejashwi shared his previous speeches during which he was seen demanding Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur.
Lalu Prasad on Tuesday stated Karpoori Thakur ought to have acquired Bharat Ratna way back.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar — on a distinct observe from RJD and the Congress — thanked PM Modi for the posthumous honour on Karpoori Thakur.
RJD MP Manoj Jha stated awarding Karpoori Thakur with Bharat Ratna is a really welcome step, however the background must be identified. “Karpoori Thakur was Laluji’s ideological guru. Nitish Kumar was very near him. We performed caste census after which elevated the scope of reservation, this needs to be included on this ninth checklist, in any other case, this Bharat Ratna will appear symbolic,” Manoj Jha stated.
The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur however Rahul Gandhi added that the nation wants actual justice and never symbolic politics.
“The BJP authorities’s concealment of the outcomes of the Social and Financial Caste Census performed in 2011 and their indifference in the direction of a nationwide census is an try and weaken the motion for social justice,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
‘Desperation, hypocrisy’
In its assertion, the Congress stated it welcomes the choice nevertheless it additionally displays the Modi authorities’s desperation and hypocrisy. “Rahul Gandhi has been persistently advocating this however the Modi Authorities has all alongside refused to launch the outcomes of the Socio Financial Caste Census 2011 and in addition refused to commit itself to conduct an up to date nation-wide caste census which would be the most applicable tribute to Jannayak Karpoori Thakurji,” a press release by Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated.
