Government on Thursday sought to make light of BJP leader L K Advani's letter seeking Bharat Ratna for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying such issues are not raised in public. In a sarcastic vein, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi said it would have been better had Advani honoured him within the party. "It is not in the tradition to communicate through letter on such matters," he said when asked by reporters to comment on Advani's letter. [link]He also uniquely lacks an understanding of how information works in the modern world. Someone ought to tell him that such assertions can be easily fact-checked. So, let's see if such issues are indeed not raised in public:
Congress CMs vote for Dhirubhai's Bharat RatnaAnd of course:
RLD wants Bharat Ratna for Charan Singh
Call to confer Bharat Ratna on Ghantasala
Sunil Dutt seeks Bharat Ratna for Sivaji
Jayalalithaa for awarding Bharat Ratna to Balamurali
Bharat Ratna for Jyoti Basu, but not Vajpayee?
Sonia deserves Bharat Ratna: APCC meetA quick look at the list of awardees shows just how arbitrary the selection criteria must be. The only consistent rule seems to be that Congress Prime Ministers who are also members of the dynasty will get the award. Dr. Ambedkar got the award posthumously, several decades after his death. It is not as though he missed out because there were no slots. The award wasn't conferred on several years. No one received the award in the past seven years. On many years more than one person received the award.
Meanwhile several newspapers are running opinion polls on who should get the award. Sachin Tendulkar is the number one favorite of Congress mouthpiece CNN-IBN.
Congress suddenly realizes that the award wasn't conferred in the last seven years. Let's drop the pretense, shall we? Everyone knows the award will be a huge political statement.
We propose the Bharat Ratna for Afzal Guru. No other candidate can be as popular as Afzal as far as seculars go. Afzal fired up secular passion like none other. Articles and editorials flooded newspapers, special shows hosted on TV, even books written and published. Just for getting his sorry ass captured for terrorism charges, Afzal must have added several hundreds of crores to the national GDP. We say, just give it to him. It also fits the UPA Government's social sector policies well.
Of course this is assuming when the flunkies ultimately propose Madam's name, she will feel shy, just like she did after the 2004 elections.
3 comments:
Ratnas are the faded reminders of days long gone by.In this Kali Yuga, one finds "rattling stones which leap over to create meaningless riots and debates"
I feel we, the junta should demand for withdrawal of such magnificent titles. Sadly, those who mumble (they cant even recommend) a few names, dnot even feel the pinch "how inferior, inactive and lazy human beings they have been for so long", for a moment.
Anonymous Bloop
Mademoiselle acts of sacrifice-
Buddha, Maha Sakti and the stature of Himalayas...those stupid flunkies left two more majestic names :)
The Sham sacrifice of Sonia
http://www.newstodaynet.com/2006sud/06mar/2403ss1.htm
for you & your readers Barb
qu'une erreur
Anonymous Bloop
Sonia Gandhi deserving the Bharat Ratna is the most mystifying thing I ever heard. It reflects on the intelligence & integrity of the leaders behind this demand. Also shows just how much dynasty worship goes on. If Sonia is even considered (let alone being awarded with) for Bharat Ratna, the award will lose it's significance & meaning.
Judging by the list of awardees, the criteria seems to vary greatly.
This is my first post here, would like to say hello to barbarindian.....keep the nice working coming!!
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