Govt made mockery of Mulayam by conferring Padma Vibhushan on him, says SP leader; demands Bharat Ratna
PTI, Jan 26, 2023, 4:26 PM IST
Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya (Image credit: PTI / File)
Lucknow: The government has made a mockery of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s stature and contributions by conferring the Padma Vibhushan on him, Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya said on Thursday, demanding the country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna for him.
Yadav was on Wednesday posthumously conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian honour.
Reacting to the award, SP MLA Maurya tweeted in Hindi, “By giving Padma Vibhushan posthumously to Netaji Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Government of India has made a mockery of Netaji’s stature, work and contributions to the nation. If Netaji had to be respected then he should have been honoured with Bharat Ratna.”
Similar views were expressed by party spokesperson I P Singh.
“Except the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour, no other honour befits the son of the soil, Late Mulayam Singh Yadav. An announcement should be made to give Bharat Ratna to our respected Netaji without any delay,” Singh tweeted.
Yadav, the Samajwadi Party founder and three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister, died on October 10 last year.
When asked about it, SP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav told reporters in Etawah his brother Mulyam Singh Yadav got the award for his work.
He raised the voice for the poor, labourers, youth, students, lawyers, unemployed and worked for every section of society and took historic decisions in favour of army personnel when he was defence minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav said.
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