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Shiv Sena demands Bharat Ratna for Bal Thackeray

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Mumbai:Shiv Sena on Wednesday demanded Bharat Ratna for its founder Bal Thackeray, a day when the country’s highest civilian honour was bestowed on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and late freedom fighter and educationist Madan Mohan Malviya.
The party, a BJP ally, said while it was heartening to see that Vajpayee has been picked for the honour by the NDA Government, Thackeray, too, deserves the award. “Balasaheb was a man of great stature. Though it is very heartening to see that he (Vajpayee) will be conferred with Bharat Ratna, I feel that he (Bal Thackeray) should also be given the same award.
“He worked tirelessly to bring together people from various walks of life. He was the voice of the poor and ensured that poor people were given justice,” veteran Sena leader Manohar Joshi told reporters here. The former Lok Sabha Speaker claimed that there is a growing clamour among States to honour local leaders who have worked relentlessly towards serving the common man.
“Leaders from different States are now starting to demand that their local leaders be given recognition for their work they have done for society. There is nothing wrong in deman-ding, right? So am I demanding.
Hope the Government takes notice,” said the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.(PTI)

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