Why Atal Behari Vajpayee Deserves the Bharat Ratna

If you go strictly by the Constitution, there is no place for titles in a republic like India. However, India is a strange blend of dynastic fascism and populism and so it does not really matter whether there are titles given by the state or not. Apart from the four varieties of ther padma awards, there is thye bharat ratna, jewel of India, as if MGR and Rajiv Gandhi are jewels of India by any stretch of the most putrid imgination. These two were given the award for political reasons. I can think of only two names that fully deserve to be called Bharat Ratna--P V Kane and Baba Sabeb Ambedkar. Indira Gandhi awarded herself the Bharat Ratna when she was in office and in many instances we find politicians interfering with the process.Hon'ble Lal Kishen Advani, the Leader of the Oppositions, in his capacity as a Leader wrote a polite and reasonable letter to the Prime Minister making out a case for Atalji. Instead of the PM replying to the leader of the Oppositions as required by protocol, Priyaranjan Das Munshi, a loud mouth of the Congress Party and the great Abishek Singvi, whose late father was in BJP and he keeps company with Sonia, were both let loose against Advani in a vulgar bid to rubbish the contribution of Atalji. I personally feel that men of such eminence like Atalo Behari Vajpeyee should not accept any award from a congress regime as it only demeans the stature they hold in the country at large. Why accept an award from a Government that is at the mercy of the so called left and can do nothing without the permission of Brinda and Prakash.Atalji has been in the Lok sabha since 1957 and in the election of 1984 alone he was defeated. He has been an exemplary public servant and a patriot who made India a Nuclear power and thereby strengthens the security of the country. He has been a symbol of public decency of a kind that this country needs. Who cares two hoots for the woman who proclaims Modi to be a "merchant of death" and makes other such indecent comments. Atalji political style is mild mannered and free of the shrill rhetoric of congressmen and the left. He has served the country 3 times as Prime Minister and with grace. I cannot think of any politician of independent India more deserving of a Bharat Ratna than he.Instead of dealing with the issue at hand, effort was made to kick up a lot a dust. Jyoti Basu's name was floated as a red herring until the left in a rare show of good sense put paid to that issue. Then the dalit queenbee, Mayawati, staked the claim for Kanshi Ram and the BSP under Mayawati is as rotten and corrupt as the SP regime under Amar Sing and Mulayam.In short there is no one more deserving than Atalji and I endorse Advani's claim.