BHUBANESWAR:
The Samajwadi Party State Committee on Thursday requested President of India
Pranab Mukherjee, who was in a two-day Odisha visit, to direct the Central
Government to confer the highest civilian award of the country Bharat Ratna to former
Chief Minister Biju Patnaik posthumously.
State committee president Rabi
Behera said the contribution of Biju Patnaik to Indian freedom struggle and
later on to nation building is unparallel in the history. Though he deserves a
Bharat Ratna, but till now it is not conferred on him, he added.
“It is not only an insult to the
Odias, but also an injustice to a worthy son of the country,” said Behera,
adding, “National flag of three countries-India, Indonesia and Soviet Russia
was flown half-mast in recognition of his contribution, but neither during his
life time nor even 16 years after his death the award is conferred on him.”
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