“I am very happy to share that Shri LK Advani Ji will be conferred the Bharat Ratna” – PM Modi
While the country continues to celebrate the opening of the Ram temple in India, the government announced on Saturday that Lal Krishna Advani, the senior BJP leader and the driving force behind the Ram Janambhoomi movement, will be awarded a Bharat Ratna. He will be the seventh recipient of the highest civilian award under the Modi Government and the 50th since the award’s founding.
The President’s House sent a press release stating, “The President has been pleased to award Bharat Ratna to Shri Lal Krishna Advani.” The government presented the late Karpoori Thakur, a socialist hero and former Bihar chief minister, with the Bharat Ratna last month.
I’m delighted to announce that Shri LK Advani Ji will get the Bharat Ratna award. In our conversation, I also congratulated him on receiving this honor. Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated in a social media post on X that “his contribution to the development of India is monumental, making him one of the most respected statesmen of our times.”
He went on to say that he began his career as a grassroots worker before becoming our Deputy Prime Minister and serving the country. He made a name for himself as both our Home Minister and our Minister of I&B. He has always made excellent, insightful parliamentary contributions, according to Modi.
Later, at a speech in Odisha, he added that Advani’s Bharat Ratna is a tribute to the “nation first” philosophy and acknowledges the millions of BJP leaders and workers who exist all throughout the nation. This acknowledges the beliefs of the party and the efforts of millions of party members. As the largest party in the globe from a two-MP party, this is also an honor for the party and its employees, he said.
Advnai. 96 stated in a statement that receiving the Bharat Ratna award is an honor for both himself and the values and beliefs he worked so hard to uphold during his life. “Since I became a volunteer for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at the age of 14, I have only looked for recompense in providing devoted, unselfish service to my beloved nation through whatever duty life has given me. The phrase “idam-na-mama”—which means “this life is not mine, my life is for my nation”—has inspired me throughout my life, he continued.
When the BJP took up the Mandir Pledge in 1989, Advani was the party’s leader. His ‘Rath Yatra’ in 1990, which involved traveling from Somnath in Gujarat to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh to construct a Ram temple, fundamentally altered the political landscape of India. The Ram Mandir resolution paid off, as under Advani, the BJP’s seat count soared from two to 86. After Rajiv Gandhi was overthrown in 1989, the National Front, with backing from the BJP, formed the government led by Vishwanath Pratap Singh.
The Party gained 121 seats in 1992 and 161 seats in 1996, marking a turning point in Indian democracy in the 1996 elections. The Congress lost its dominant position for the first time since independence, and the BJP emerged as the only party with the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha.
In the 1996 elections, which marked a turning point in Indian democracy, the Party won 161 seats as opposed to 121 in 1992. For the first time since independence, the Congress lost its hegemonic status, and the BJP became the sole party with a majority of members in the Lok Sabha.
The seasoned leader’s joyous celebration of India’s 1947 separation from the British was tragically short-lived, as he was among the millions of people ripped from their homes amid the horror and carnage of the tragic Indian partition. But rather than making him bitter or cynical, these incidents fueled his resolve to establish a more secular India. He traveled to Rajasthan to carry out his duties as an RSS Pracharak with this objective in mind.