Union Home Minister Amit Shah heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that not only did the PM honoured ‘Jannayak’ Karpoori Thakur, but also honoured 70 crore poor of the country.
Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday announced that the President is pleased to award Bharat Ratna to former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur (posthumously).
“On the 22nd, Prime Minister Modi did ‘Ram Kaaj’ and on the 23rd, he connected Lord Ram and the poor by doing ‘Gareeb Kaaj’. On the 22nd, the dream of all the devotees of Ram that Ram Lalla should ‘Virajmann’ in the grand temple, was fulfilled and on the 23rd, the wish of crores of poor, deprived, backward, Dalits and tribals was fulfilled after ‘Bharat Ratna’ was given to Karpoori Thakur,” Shah said while addressing the 100th birth anniversary program of Karpoori Thakur in the national capital.