Governor Ram Naik has thanked President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conferring the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to Madan Mohan Malviyya and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
In his message he said that there was a long pending demand to confer Bharat ratna to Vajpayee. But the decision got delayed due to one reason or the other. With NDA Government deciding to confer Bharat Ratna to former prime Minister it has rectified the pass mistakes, he said in a written statement on Wednesday.
“On the other hand Pt Madan Mohan Malviya was a great educationist who sowed the seed of education in form of Benaras Hindu University which has transformed into a big tree now,” the Governor said. BJP state president Dr laxmi Kant Bajpyee and Congress state president Nirmal Khatri also hailed the decision to confer Bharat ratna to Malviya and Vajpayee.