NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday urged the Modi govt to confer Bharat Ratna, on party stalwart Tara Singh. In a letter to PM Modi, Badal described the late Tara Singh’s “contribution to the cause of our freedom and to keeping west Punjab including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh in India as unparalleled and decisive”.
“It is an honour already long overdue and the time has come to undo this wrong and acknowledge Masterji’s debt by bestowing highest honour of the country on him,” he said.