Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav said this on the announcement of Karpoori Thakur getting Bharat Ratna

Rashtrapati Bhavan has announced that former Chief Minister of Bihar and socialist leader Karpoori Thakur will be honored with ‘Bharat Ratna’ posthumously. National President of Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has also reacted to the award of Bharat Ratna to Jananayak Karpuri Thakur. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said that this is the victory of the social justice movement.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav posted on social media platform Now we have to bow down to the unity of 90% of the PDA. The unity of the PDA is bearing fruit.”

Whereas SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya wrote on Twitter – “The announcement of posthumous award of Bharat Ratna to Jananayak Karpoori Thakur ji on the occasion of his birth centenary is a victory of social justice and is also in line with the great personality of Karpoori Thakur ji. At the same time, this honor Karpoori Thakur ji’s efforts and struggles to give respect to the poor, tribals, Dalits, backward classes and women of this country, to create an egalitarian society by eliminating inequality, to eliminate casteism, untouchability and discrimination are also a victory. , which we welcome.”

Apart from this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X and wrote – “I am happy that the Government of India has decided to honor the symbol of social justice, the great public leader Karpuri Thakur with Bharat Ratna and that too at a time when we are celebrating his birth centenary. Celebrating.” Let us tell you that socialist leader Karpoori Thakur, famous as ‘Jananayak’, was the Chief Minister of Bihar from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979. He died on 17 February 1988.