Welcoming the Union Government’s decision to bestow Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) with Bharat Ratna, Rourkela BJP MlA Dilip Ray demanded declaration of the same award for Odisha’s late legendary leader Biju Patnaik before Patnaik’s birthday on March 5.Ray drew the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.Ray, at the same time, took a dig at the BJD Government for not taking up the issue with the Centre for honourng Biju. What the BJD was doing all these years when it was a partner in the NDA Government in 1999, he asked.