Ex-PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh to receive Bharat Ratna
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday that former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, as well as agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan, will receive the Bharat Ratna.
The administration previously stated that L K Advani and Karpoori Thakur will receive the country's highest civilian award.
“Narasimha Rao steered India through critical transformations and also enriched its cultural and intellectual heritage,” Modi said on X.
Rao’s visionary leadership, Modi said, was instrumental in making India economically advanced and laid a solid foundation for its prosperity, and growth.
“Bharat Ratna to Charan Singh dedicated to his incomparable contribution to country,” the prime minister said.
“Swaminathan made monumental contributions to country in agriculture and farmers’ welfare,” Modi said.
He played a pivotal role in helping India achieve self-reliance in agriculture and made outstanding efforts in modernising it, the prime minister said.
With PTI inputs