Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani as PM Modi announced Bharat Ratna for former party president. “The decision of conferring Bharat Ratna to LK Advani is appreciable. For decades of work, commitment and nationalism, India’s highest civilian award will honour his legacy. His works are inspirational for us,” said CM Yogi.
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L K Advani To Receive Bharat Ratna Award; Check All About Mastermind Behind BJP’s Meteoric Rise |
New Delhi: Lal Krishna Advani, a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former deputy prime minister, is set to be honored with the prestigious ‘Bharat Ratna’ award, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
Lal Krishna Advani: Early Life
Born on November 8, 1927, in Pre-Partition Sindh, Advani migrated to Delhi in 1947 after the partition.
Lal Krishna Advani: Political Journey
He joined the Jana Sangh, the predecessor of the BJP, in 1951 when it was founded by Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Advani became a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1970, holding his seat until 1989. In December 1972, he was elected as the president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
Lal Krishna Advani: Political Milestones
Advani served as the information and broadcasting minister in the Janata Party in 1975 during the prime ministership of Morarji Desai. A key figure alongside Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he played a pivotal role in establishing the BJP in 1980.
Notably, Advani gained prominence for leading the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in the 1990s, advocating for the construction of a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.
During the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule, Advani held significant positions as the deputy prime minister and home minister, contributing significantly to the government. In recent years, he has taken a step back from active political engagements due to health issues.
Lal Krishna Advani: Bharat Ratna Honor
The decision to confer the Bharat Ratna upon L K Advani acknowledges his long and impactful political career, marked by leadership, contributions to the BJP’s foundation, and influential roles in various government positions.
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Tharoor says he was appalled by backlash over his birthday greetings to Advani
By PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said he was “appalled by the vicious backlash” against his birthday greetings to senior BJP leader L K Advani and alleged that he was being branded as a “Sanghi sympathiser”.
He said only those who haven’t read him would call him a “Sanghi.”
Wishing Advani a happy 92nd birthday, Tharoor on November 9 had posted in his twitter handle a video of the veteran BJP parliament leader’s speech in Parliament and said, “this speech is a reminder of his fine contributions to India’s rich democracy”.
“I am frankly appalled by the vicious backlash against my birthday greetings to LK Advaniji.
Has civility disappeared entirely from our political discourse? Gandhiji taught us to respect & honour the humanity in our political opponents.
It seems that now makes me a Sanghi sympathiser!,” Tharoor said in a tweet.
Referring to the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said he intends to continue to wish Adavani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on their birthdays, while opposing them politically.
“In fact Gandhiji taught us to fight the sin but love(embrace)the sinner. Ahimsa is “a positive state of love, of doing good even to the evildoer”.
While good & evil are Gandhian terms I can’t easily use (most human beings are shades of both), I deplore intolerance on either side.
“So yes, I intend to continue to wish LK Advani & @narendramodi well on their birthdays, while opposing what they stand for politically. My 40 years of writing makes clear what I believe in. Only those who haven’t read me would call me a Sanghi. My values won’t be discarded 4them,” he tweeted.
Tharoor also wrote on his Facebook account both in English and Malayalam, condemning the social media attack on him for wishing the country’s former Deputy Prime Minister on his birthday.
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BJP should ask Advani why he offered ‘chadar’ at Jinnah’s tomb in Pakistan: SP leader
Narad Rai asked Anand Swaroop Shukla, who had made serious allegations against Yadav over the issue, that he should first read the history of his party.
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Babri demolition case: HC adjourns for two weeks hearing on plea against acquittal of accused
Express News Service
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in the petition filed last week to challenge the acquittal of the accused in the Babri mosque demolition case.Hearing the matter, the single-judge bench comprising Justice Rakesh Srivastava adjourned the matter for two weeks asking the petitioners to correct the documentary mistakes in the plea. The court asked the registry to list the case after two weeks.
Even the petitioners had pleaded to the court to give time to remove certain defects in their case file.
Two Ayodhya residents — Haji Mahboob (74) and Sayyad Akhlaq Ahmad (81) — had moved a revision petition in the Lucknow bench on Friday challenging the order of the special CBI court which had acquitted all 32 accused persons, including former deputy PM LK Advani and other BJP leaders.
The Special CBI judge SK Yadav had delivered the order in the Babri mosque demolition case on September 30, 2020, his last day in office. The mosque was demolished by a mob of karsevaks on December 6, 1992.
The petitioners were also party to the Ayodhya title suit in the Supreme Court and CBI witnesses in the mosque demolition case. The revision petition was moved on behalf of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB).
The revisionists had urged the High Court to summon the records from the trial court, hold all the 32 accused guilty and extend suitable punishment to them, setting the order of the special CBI court aside.
Prominent among those who were exonerated by the court in the mosque demolition case included former Union minister Dr MM Joshi, Uma Bharti, the then UP CM Kalyan Singh, Vinay Katiyar, Sadhvi Ritambhara and Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Representing the two petitioners in the court, senior lawyer and convenor of Babri Masjid Action Committee Zafaryab Jilani had said while filing the petition that since the CBI did not move against the special court judgement in the case, the two petitioners had to file the revision petition.