Sachin=GOD Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 India TV is saying that Bharat Ratna will be announced for AtalJi on his birthday (Dec 25) and India TV is now sort of an unofficial BJP spokesperson/channel so its most probably accurate news. Very well deserved :hatsoff::hatsoff:
gattaca Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 I know he is good orator and good PM. why do we have to give to political people again. This should be strictly reserved for social workers , artists and sportspersons only.
Kalia_Test Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Ab ki bari Atal Bihari.... very well deserved if true:two_thumbs_up:
Precambrian Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 I know he is good orator and good PM. why do we have to give to political people again. This should be strictly reserved for social workers ' date=' artists and sportspersons only.[/quote'] What?
maniac Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Not a Fan even though a BJP'r for life...... but still well deserved :hatsoff:
bulbul Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 I know he is good orator and good PM. why do we have to give to political people again. This should be strictly reserved for social workers ' date=' [b']artists and sportspersons only. Why??
gattaca Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Why?? Please tell what he has done during his tenure that deserves a Bharat Ratna. I am looking specifically for things that he has done above and beyond his contemporaries.
speed_thrills Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Please tell what he has done during his tenure that deserves a Bharat Ratna. I am looking specifically for things that he has done above and beyond his contemporaries. Delivered terrorists gift wrapped to pakis. Lost huge number of soldiers to reclaim own territory. Two achievements I can think top of my head.
bulbul Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Please tell what he has done during his tenure that deserves a Bharat Ratna. I am looking specifically for things that he has done above and beyond his contemporaries. First you tell what Artists & sportspersons did which helped people?
randomGuy Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Delivered terrorists gift wrapped to pakis. Lost huge number of soldiers to reclaim own territory. Two achievements I can think top of my head. I think abt operation Parakram. Wonder what casualty would have been caused on the Paki side . I Couldn't find any info on that. NEW DELHI: The Kargil conflict led to the death of 527 Indian soldiers while heroically taking back heights occupied by Pakistanis in 1999. Shockingly, without going to war, 798 soldiers have been killed during Operation Parakram. "During Operation Parakram up to July 2003, a total number of 798 Army personnel suffered fatal casualties," said Defence Minister George Fernandes in Lok Sabha on Thursday. It was in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Parliament that Operation Parakram began in December 2001, with offensive and defensive formations of the Army being mobilised along the Indo-Pak border. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Op-Parakram-claimed-798-soldiers/articleshow/104948.cms?referral=PM
randomGuy Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 NEW DELHI: The life of an Indian Army soldier comes cheap. The US-led coalition forces lost just around 150 personnel during the recent Iraq operations. In sharp contrast, and without going to war, almost 2,000 Indian Army soldiers were killed or wounded during the 10-month forward deployment along the Indo-Pak border last year. "What else do you expect? We have to soldier on without even basic necessities like decent helmets, proper webbing or bullet-proof jackets. Many accidents during the mobilisation were due to the poor quality of mines and fuses," retorted an angry young Major. Usually extremely tight-lipped about casualty figures, the defence ministry had to disclose them in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in response to a question. "The number of Army personnel killed or wounded in Jammu and Kashmir and the western sector during the mobilisation, Operation Parakram, from December 19, 2001 to October 16, 2002, was 1,874," said Defence Minister George Fernandes. This, by any benchmark, is a truly staggering figure for a 10-month period, even if the counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir are taken into account. In the initial phase of Operation Parakram itself, after the December 2001 Parliament attack, over 100 soldiers were killed and 250 injured during mine-laying operations. Vehicle accidents, artillery duels with Pakistan and other incidents led to many more casualties. Relentless counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir are also, of course, exacting a heavy toll on the soldiers, with over 1,000 being killed in terrorist activity in the last three years. The government, however, continues to sleep. Battling extremely well-equipped terrorists, soldiers face a crippling shortage of bullet-proof jackets, night-vision devices, communication sets, sensors and other equipment which can make their gruelling jobs much easier. Take bullet-proof jackets, for instance. Only 1.24 lakh jackets are available when 3.53 lakh jackets are required for troops operating in counter-insurgency duties and along the Line of Control. "Sometimes, our jawans are reduced to swiping bullet-proof jackets and assault rifles from slain terrorists for personal use. The bullet-proof jackets provided to us are bulky and restrict mobility," said an officer, who has done stints in the Valley.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-suffered-1874-casualties-without-fighting-a-war/articleshow/45016284.cms?referral=PM
veer Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 :hatsoff: :hatsoff: Very well deserved.. First nationalist leader of my time.. First leader to introdue word "Raj Dharma" in politics.. He did a lot staying in opposition.. and He could have done a lot more if he had majority in LS and RS.
gattaca Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 First you tell what Artists & sportspersons did which helped people? Artists and Sportpersons cater to larger population. They bring pride to the country. Also Bharat ratna is defined like this online "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order". I dont see that in vajpayee compared to people in his field.
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