Mulayam Yadav deserved country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna: SP leader Maurya
Lucknow, January 26: On Thursday government has made a mockery of Mulayam Singh Yadav's stature and contributions by conferring the Padma Vibhushan on him. Swami Prasad Maurya, the Samajwadi Party leader said, demanding the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna for him.
On Wednesday Mulayam Singh Yadav was conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian honour. While reacting on the award, SP MLA Maurya tweeted in Hindi, "By giving Padma Vibhushan posthumously to Netaji Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Government of India has made a mockery of Netaji's stature, work and contributions to the nation. If Netaji had to be respected then he should have been honoured with Bharat Ratna."
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The party spokesperson IP Singh later tweeted in the similar views. "Except the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour, no other honour befits the son of the soil, Late Mulayam Singh Yadav. An announcement should be made to give Bharat Ratna to our respected Netaji without any delay," Singh tweeted.
The founder of Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav and the three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister, died on October 10 last year
SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav later spoke to the reporters in Etawah his brother Mulyam Singh Yadav got the award for his work. He raised the voice for the poor, labourers, youth, students, lawyers, unemployed and worked for every section of society and took historic decisions in favour of army personnel when he was defence minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav said.
- With inputs from agencies
