Karpuri Thakur
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Bharat Ratna ceremony will be organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. President Draupadi Murmu will honor five eminent personalities of the country with Bharat Ratna award. Barring former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, other four personalities (former PM Chaughari Charan Singh, Narasimha Rao, former CM Karpuri Thakur and agricultural scientist Dr. MS Swaminathan) will be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. Medals and citations will be handed over to the families of the honorees. Today is a historic moment for Bihar also.
Former Chief Minister Jannayak Karpuri Thakur will be given Bharat Ratna today. Ramnath Thakur will receive his father’s honor from the President. CM Nitish Kumar will also participate in this felicitation ceremony. On January 23, it was announced that Bharat Ratna would be awarded posthumously. January 24 was his 100th birth anniversary. The special thing is that CM Nitish Kumar will also attend the felicitation ceremony.
Karpoori Thakur model of our governance
After the announcement of Jannayak Karpoori Thakur getting Bharat Ratna PM Narendra Modi had written That our lives are influenced by the personality of many people. It is natural for the words of the people we meet and those we keep in touch to have an impact on. But there are some people who you get impressed by just hearing about them. Jannayak Karpoori Thakur has been like this for me. The efforts made by Karpuri Babu for social justice brought a big change in the lives of crores of people. He belonged to the barber community, i.e. the most backward class of the society. Jannayak Karpoori Thakur ji’s entire life was dedicated to simplicity and social justice. Our government is continuously working taking inspiration from Jannayak Karpoori Thakur ji. This is also reflected in our policies and schemes, which have brought positive changes across the country. Inspired by Karpoori ji’s vision, we implemented it as an effective governance model. I can say with confidence and pride that today Jannayak Karpuri ji would definitely be proud of the achievement of bringing 25 crore people of India out of poverty.
