Ex-Bihar CM, socialist leader Karpoori Thakur to be awarded Bharat Ratna
Two-time bihar chief minister karpoori thakur, considered the fountainhead of obc politics in bihar, has been named for the country’s highest civilian award bharat ratna posthumously, a rashtrapati bhawan communique said on tuesday on the eve of his birth centenary. thakur, who passed away in 1988, was the first non-congress socialist leader who became chief minister twice -- first for seven months in december 1970 and later for two years in 1977. “the president has been pleased to award bharat ratna to shr
Source: thehitavada.com
