Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour given to Indians "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order". Those who gets highest civilian honour must be pride of country and must have contributed immensely in their respective field. But that's not the case in India. Like all other things Bharat Ratna is also politicized and now you can see every party wants Bharat Ratna for their leaders. Many politicians deserves Bharat Ratna but not every one. In fact very few Politicians in India deserve this award.
Political parties lobby for Bharat Ratna which itself diminishes its value and reputation. Those who come in power gives Bharat Ratna to their former leaders. There are many controversies regarding Bharat Ratna which tells you the story of Politics that has degraded its reputation.
When Bharat Ratna was started in 1954 it was given to three great Indians, C Rajgopalachari, C V Raman and Radhakrishnan. All three deserving individuals for Bharat Ratna. But next year the first controversy came when then Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru gave himself Bharat Ratna. It is noted that only PM and President can nominate someone for Bharat Ratna and even if it was President of India who recommended Pandit Nehru' name, it was weird that he accepted it. No one can deny that Pandit Nehru deserve Bharat Ratna but more graciously. He could have left it to his successor to decide about it and could have set an example. Instead he set a trend which was followed by Indira Gandhi who got Bharat Ratna while she was in office. She was nominated by then President V V Giri, who later awarded Bharat Ratna by Indira Gandhi.
In 1988 during Tamil Nadu Election, Rajiv Gandhi controversially gave Bharat Ratna to AIADMK founder M. G. Ramachandran. Many people criticized Rajiv Gandhi for using Bharat Ratna as political tool. Next politics happened in 1990 when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated and in no time he was given Bharat Ratna with B R Ambedkar. Rajiv Gandhi was a good person, close to common man but he achieved nothing to be awarded as Bharat Ratna.
Since then many voices raised for Bharat Ratna to Jagjivan Ram, M Karunanidhi, Kanshi Ram, Narshimhha Rao and many other political leaders.
In all these politics, the reputation and pride of Bharat Ratna is overshadowed and those who fittingly and deservingly won the award did not receive as much as respect as they should have.
Political parties lobby for Bharat Ratna which itself diminishes its value and reputation. Those who come in power gives Bharat Ratna to their former leaders. There are many controversies regarding Bharat Ratna which tells you the story of Politics that has degraded its reputation.
When Bharat Ratna was started in 1954 it was given to three great Indians, C Rajgopalachari, C V Raman and Radhakrishnan. All three deserving individuals for Bharat Ratna. But next year the first controversy came when then Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru gave himself Bharat Ratna. It is noted that only PM and President can nominate someone for Bharat Ratna and even if it was President of India who recommended Pandit Nehru' name, it was weird that he accepted it. No one can deny that Pandit Nehru deserve Bharat Ratna but more graciously. He could have left it to his successor to decide about it and could have set an example. Instead he set a trend which was followed by Indira Gandhi who got Bharat Ratna while she was in office. She was nominated by then President V V Giri, who later awarded Bharat Ratna by Indira Gandhi.
In 1988 during Tamil Nadu Election, Rajiv Gandhi controversially gave Bharat Ratna to AIADMK founder M. G. Ramachandran. Many people criticized Rajiv Gandhi for using Bharat Ratna as political tool. Next politics happened in 1990 when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated and in no time he was given Bharat Ratna with B R Ambedkar. Rajiv Gandhi was a good person, close to common man but he achieved nothing to be awarded as Bharat Ratna.
Since then many voices raised for Bharat Ratna to Jagjivan Ram, M Karunanidhi, Kanshi Ram, Narshimhha Rao and many other political leaders.
In all these politics, the reputation and pride of Bharat Ratna is overshadowed and those who fittingly and deservingly won the award did not receive as much as respect as they should have.
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