PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and MS Swaminathan were declared Bharat Ratna by PM Modi on X. Political experts say that the Modi government has solved many equations in different states. Let us know how and which equations have been solved through these personalities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the award of Bharat Ratna to three personalities by tweeting on Friday. These include farmer leader and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, Congress leader and former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao and agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan. Earlier on January 23, it had been announced to give Bharat Ratna to former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur and on February 3, former Deputy Prime Minister of the country Lal Krishna Advani.
In the election year, many political meanings are being made out of giving the country’s highest civilian honour to five personalities one after the other. Political experts say that the Modi government has solved many equations in different states. Let us know how and which equations have been solved by BJP through these personalities.
1 Chaudhary Charan Singh (Former Prime Minister)
Chaudhary Charan Singh is being recognized as the messiah of the farmers. The award of Bharat Ratna to Charan Singh may impact the Jat-dominated seats of Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi in the next Lok Sabha elections. Moreover, it is believed that Jat Voters are influencing 40 Lok Sabha seats in these areas.
There has been speculation for the past several days about Chaudhary Charan Singh’s grandson and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary joining the BJP. After Charan Singh was given Bharat Ratna, Jayant tweeted, ‘Hearts won.’ If Jayant Chaudhary goes with BJP then BJP can benefit a lot in Western Uttar Pradesh.
Moreover, Jayant Chaudhary is presently associated with the Samajwadi Party an alliance of I.N.D.I.A. Thus this step may weaken the alliance. Furthermore, Nitish Kumar has already left this alliance and Mamta Banerjee may leave this alliance.
2 PV Narasimha Rao (Former Prime Minister)
The opposition continued to allege that Prime Minister Modi always criticizes the first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his attitude towards former Prime Ministers of Congress is critical. A day earlier, Prime Minister Modi had praised former PM Dr Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha. The PM said that Manmohan Singh Ji kept coming to the House even in a wheelchair and kept giving strength to democracy.
The next day, it was announced to give Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao. The announcement of posthumously awarding Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao is also a befitting reply to the opposition. Furthermore, the BJP has been continuously alleging that Congress always ignored Rao’s contribution as Prime Minister. Even Mani Shankar Aiyar, a staunch critic of Modi, had once called Rao the first Prime Minister of BJP.
3 Dr MS Swaminathan
Dr MS Swaminathan’s achievements as a scientist have been unmatched. Apart from this, his personality has also been representing the talented people of South India. Posthumously awarding Bharat Ratna to Swaminathan can further strengthen the Modi government’s strategy to woo the South. Swaminathan was the father of the agricultural revolution. Awarding him Bharat Ratna is being seen as the BJP’s strategy to woo the South as well as the farmers in the North.
4 Lal Krishna Advani
Lal Krishna Advani has been a strong leader of the BJP and a big face of the Ram Mandir movement. By giving the Bharat Ratna to Advani after the consecration of the Ram Mandir on January 22, the BJP gave a message to its voters. BJP was being accused of neglecting Advani, one of the big faces of the temple movement. Even when the temple was consecrated, the opposition raised this issue. Within 10 days of the consecration of the Ram Mandir, the BJP snatched this issue from the opposition by giving Bharat Ratna to Advani. Along with this, a message is been given to traditional voters about respect for senior leaders.
5 Karpoori Thakur (Former Chief Minister of Bihar)
This year, it was first announced to give Bharat Ratna to Jannayak Karpuri Thakur. The former Chief Minister of Bihar was a hero of social justice. Experts say that this step of the Center can help BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Furthermore, the share of backward and 36% extremely backward classes in Bihar is 27%. Karpoori Thakur has a huge impact on society with overall participation of 63%. This class sees him as their hero.
Karpoori Thakur’s son Ramnath Thakur is a Rajya Sabha MP of JDU. Just eight days after Karpoori received Bharat Ratna, BJP and JDU once again came together. Furthermore, the parties of Chirag Paswan, Pashupati Kumar and Jitan Ram Manjhi were already partners of NDA.
Altogether, in such a situation, based on new political equations, the BJP is considering itself very strong in Bihar. It is being said that by giving Bharat Ratna to Karpoori, the BJP has worked to solve the political equation of Bihar. Moreover, now senior leaders of the party have started claiming to win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming elections.