New Delhi: All family members will be happy if former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee gets the Bharat Ratna, said his niece Ms Karuna Shukla.
“We have come to know through newspapers that he may get the Bharat Ratna. It will be a matter of great pride for the whole family if he is chosen for the honour,” said Ms Shukla. She said that the honour would be a fitting one for “Vajpayee ji, who has ruled the hearts of the people of this country”.
A former Lok Sabha MP, 64-year-old Ms Shukla quit the BJP party last year and joined the Congress. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour in the country and is given in recognition of exceptional service or for performance of the highest order. BJP have in the past demanded that the Bharat Ratna be awarded to Vajpayee.
