i'm sure vajpayee himself will reject this. he is one of the best PM India has seen and he himself wouldn't want this award with so much pressure from Advani. its better to leave politicians out of Bharat Ratna. the deserving candidate right now is, Anil Kumble. he simply deserves it.
How delicious food from Jayalalitha!! 45 dishes!!! BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad was very happy with media person on 'Chennai Lunch.' Left leaders have gone for a lunch with PM many times, but they never forget people's concerns.
How Advani do against Vajpayee like leaders!! Idiot cadres will understand their money, time and life spoiled by the leaders.
Why should Vajpayee be given Bharat Ratna? For masterminding the Parliament attack that created the nuclear standoff and helped sales of military hardware (arms, tanks, missiles, F-16s) to India and Pakistan?
For months before the attack on parliament, both the government and the police had been saying that parliament could be attacked. On December 12 2001, the then prime minister, AB Vajpayee, warned of an imminent attack. On December 13 it happened. Given that there was an "improved security drill", how did a car bomb packed with explosives enter the parliament complex?
The entire attack was recorded live on CCTV. One MP commented, "I counted six men getting out of the car. But only five were killed. The closed circuit TV camera recording clearly showed the six men." If the MP was right, why did the police say that there were only five people in the car? Who was the sixth person? Where is he now? Why was the CCTV recording not produced by the prosecution as evidence in the trial? Why was it not released for public viewing?
How much did this military standoff, which lasted for nearly a year, cost? How many soldiers died in the process?
If Vajpayee didn't have any hand in the attack, why did he suppress facts and try to finger at Pakistan without any proof? I am not saying that Pakistan didn't have any hand, but most likely it was a joint exercise which helped the Western mercenaries as well as those who got kickbacks in both the countries.
RE:Bharat Ratna for Bibhishana?
by Indian on Jan 11, 2008 08:40 AM Permalink
Hello Mr. Nandy:
Brilliant deductions. Fantastic investigation by you finally unveils the culprit behind the Parliamentary attack.
So finally Afjal Guru can be released from prison and no need to hang him.
I'll tell you what we should do. We should hang Vajpayee and give the Bharat Ratna to Afjal Guru instead.
Once again brilliant. I hope you will soon be leaving for US to join as the Director of FBI? What? You have declined that post despite George Bush himself begging you to come over and hunt down Bin Laden for him?
Pity. Americans don't know what gem have they lost.
RE:Mamta and BJP were against the cheapest Car. They are against every development. They could only kill 140 lives of poor people at Nandigram.
by babu ramanujam on Jan 10, 2008 12:16 PM Permalink
Mr, Sahadevan, How come a communist say this as they are opposing cheap Cars. How much policies you people have blocked naming people. Commies are little useful..They dont take responsibilities but only criticize. See teh policies in WB and Kerala and their stand outside these states. Entirely Different...
RE:bharat ratna is congressi award
by Ayan Nandy on Jan 10, 2008 10:34 PM Permalink
Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Julfikar Ali Bhutto are real patriots. They died for their country. They didn't negotiate with the Taliban to free a M16 agent. They knew death was coming but still mingled with the people and worked courageously for the people till their last breath.
Vajpayee and Musharraf are crooks of the Western world. They cooperated to mastermind the Dec 13, 2003 Parliament attack. At least Vajpayee as a PM should have released the CCTV tapes to the prosecutors rather than adjourning the Parliament when the questions about CCTV recordings were asked.
On December 19 2001, six days after the parliament attack, police commissioner SM Shangari identified one of the attackers who was killed as Mohammad Yasin Fateh Mohammed (alias Abu Hamza) of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, who had been arrested in Mumbai in November 2000 and immediately handed over to the Jammu and Kashmir police. He gave detailed descriptions to support his statement. If police commissioner Shangari was right, how did Yasin, a man in the custody of the Jammu and Kashmir police, end up participating in the parliament attack? If he was wrong, where is Yasin now?
We must first answer these questions and look into the responsibility of Vajpayee as the then PM for the attack. Then think of even considering a person with such a shady background for the highest honour of our nation.
Anyone who understands any Indian language knows the meaning of Bharat Ratna. It's not for nation's Bibhisana
I don't know if A.B. Vajpayee deserves "Bharatratna" or not. However, he is far better and cleaner than some others such as M.G.Ramachandran (who didn't look beyond TN), Rajeev Gandhi (who reverted Supreme courts decision on Shaha Bano, responsible for death of 1200 soldiers in Sri Lanka and was also involved in Boforce scam), Morarji Desai (who did no good for the country) etc. who have been honoured with "Bharatratna" in the past.
Vajpeyee is clean and a statesman. He has proved his ability when India conducted nuclear tests in 1998. India did significant progress in financial, road construction and telecom sectors during his tenure.
His performance is far better than some others (mentioned above) who have been honoured with "Bharatratna" in the past.
