Telangana assembly urges Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on Manmohan Singh
Hindustan TimesThe Telangana state assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to confer the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, posthumously on former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died on December 26. The assembly also unanimously approved a proposal put forth by the CM to install a statue of Singh in Hyderabad’s financial district, as a mark of respect for his contributions to the nation and Telangana. He praised Singh’s leadership in introducing transformative policies, including the Employment Guarantee Scheme, Food Security Act, Right to Information Act, Land Acquisition Act, and Forest Rights Act. Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K T Rama Rao expressed full support for the Bharat Ratna resolution and statue installation, but also urged the state government to pass a similar resolution requesting the Centre construct a memorial for former PM PV Narasimha Rao in New Delhi.