Former Chief Minister and Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) Supremo Ajit Jogi has raised the demand before Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ to leader of Bahujan Samaj late Kanshiram. He had also demanded to name Janjgir-Champa district of the Chhattisgarh, after Kanshiram.
Through a letter Jogi said, “Late Kanshiram was a legendary personality of majority ‘Bahujan’ Samaj. He was not only a person, but was an ideology.” Crossing the barriers of political parties, his ideology was of policy of nation and he contributed invaluably for the economic and social development of the majority ‘Bahujan Samaj’, he said.
“The ideology of such a legendary person should be inherited by the coming generation and for making his vision of social equity an example to them, the Government of India should confer him ‘Bharat Ratna’,” he said.
Once upon a time the Janjgir-Champa region was land of action for him from where he debuted to political arena. Keeping in view the sentiments of people of the region towards him, the district should be named after him, Jogi demanded.
“It is learnt that you are visiting the Janjgir region on September 22 and hence it is expected to look up to my two demands and declare it during the public address,” Jogi wrote to Modi.