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Vajpayee, Netaji to get Bharat Ratna?

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Aug, 2014 08:02 AM

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may this year be bestowed with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, official sources said Sunday.

Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have in the past demanded that the Bharat Ratna be bestowed upon Vajpayee.

The sources said the announcement might be made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's name is also doing the rounds for the coveted award.

The Bharat Ratna can be given to a maximum of three people in a particular year.

The recommendation of names for the Bharat Ratna is made to the president by the prime minister himself.

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