New Delhi: Minister V Sivankutty criticized after awarding Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, to former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. The criticism of the minister is through a Facebook post.
The minister wrote on Facebook that “If you can give money to the demolisher, why not give it to those who helped to demolish it?”
Congressman Narasimha Rao was the Prime Minister when Babri Masjid was demolished. It is also noteworthy that V Sivankutty's Facebook post reminds us of this.
Meanwhile, on February 3, senior BJP leader LK Advani and Karpuri Thakur were announced as Bharat Ratna honours. After this, Bharat Ratna was announced to three more people today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that former Prime Ministers Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and the father of India's Green Revolution, MS Swaminathan, will also be awarded the Bharat Ratna.
