he country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, has been dragged into murky politics with various leaders virtually in a race to nominate their own candidates for the top honour.
Now, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has written to the Prime Minister asking for Bharat Ratna for her mentor and Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram, who died in 2006.
Earlier, BJP leader LK Advani had written to PM asking for Bharat Ratna for former PM AB Vajpayee.
CPM veteran Jyoti Basu's name also started doing the rounds for the country's to honour.
But the Left today accused the BJP of playing politics over the award and said it would never accept any government award as a matter of policy.
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