Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi paid floral tributes to Bharat Ratna and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur on his birth anniversary in Patna on Wednesday. While honouring Thakur's contributions, Manjhi emphasised the enduring impact of his work on Bihar's development.
While addressing the memorial event held on the 101st birth anniversary of Karpoori Thakur in Samastipur, Bihar, the Vice-President said, "The great son of India, Karpoori Thakur is the messiah of social justice. In a short span of time, Karpoori Thakur wrote a new history of social and p
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar paid floral tribute to former Bihar CM Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur, on his birth anniversary, outside the state Assembly in Patna on Friday.
"Today Lalu Yadav, for the sake of power politics, to make his son the Chief Minister, has gone and sat in the lap of the Congress party, which has spent its entire life opposing the backward and extremely backward classes," Shah said while campaigning at Bihar's Sitamarhi on Thursday.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement of not giving reservation to Muslims based on religion and said that the Prime Minister has lack of knowledge and is opposing the beliefs of Bihar's former CM Karpoori Thakur
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna on four eminent personalities, including two former Prime Ministers, Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao. Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur and agronomist MS Swaminathan were also conferred with the country's hi
President Droupadi Murmu will present the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur on Saturday. The former Bihar CM's family arrived in Delhi to receive the award to be conferred upon him by President Murmu. Bihar Minister Maheshwar Hazari is also present with Karpoori Thakur's family.
Bihar deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha expressed that the ceremony to confer Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur would be a great respect to Bihar and they were going to witness a proud moment for Bihar.
Lauding the annoucement of the country's highest civilian award--Bharat Ratna-- to former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this honour belongs to the entire Bihar.