Government will confer Bharat Ratna to Lal Krishna Adani. Advani is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He is also the longest serving Minister of Home Affairs, holding the post from 1998 to 2004. He is also the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. He was the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP during the 2009 general election.
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Karpoori Thakur was an Indian politician who served two terms as the 11th Chief Minister of Bihar, first from December 1970 to June 1971, and then from June 1977 to April 1979. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak (people's hero). On 26 January 2024, he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, by the Government of India. This was announced by the President of India Draupadi Murmu on 23 January 2024.
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The Central Government will confer Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, who held the post from 1991-1996. Narasimha Rao, was an Indian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to India's economy.
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Chaudhary Charan Singh will be conferred with Bharat Ratna. Charan Singh was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter who served as the 5th prime minister of India between 28 July 1979 and 14 January 1980. Though a Congress member for most of his life, he later founded his own political party Lokdal in 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the "Champion of India's peasants".
Government will confer Bharat Ratna to Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan. Swaminathan was an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator, and humanitarian. Swaminathan was a global leader of the green revolution. He has been called the main architect of the green revolution in India for his leadership and role in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice.
