The nation does not forget people who have devoted their lives to its service, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said of the decision to confer the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, to former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani. Mr. Modi was speaking in Odisha’s Sambalpur town on February 3.
“Today, the nation honoured one of its greatest sons, Lal Krishna Advani, former Deputy PM, by deciding to confer him with the Bharat Ratna,” Mr. Modi, who inaugurated the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Sambalpur, said.
Mr. Advani’s remarkable contributions to the nation, serving as Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister, and Information and Broadcasting Minister, coupled with his decades-long commitment as a faithful and vigilant Parliamentarian, have been truly exceptional, the PM said.
