Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MP on Sunday said that the former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh was awarded India’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna award just for the “political benefits” of it. “Chaudhary Charan Singh is being awarded Bharat Ratna because they (BJP) want the Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary to join their party.”
The Shiv Sena (UBT) MP said that, by law, only three people can be awarded with Bharat Ratna , however, five people were awarded the Bharat Ratna this year.
“Bharat Ratna is given after seeing the political benefits of it. The law is that in a year only three people can be awarded with Bharat Ratna…Five people are being given. All this is being done for political benefits,” he said.
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