Why JD(U), RJD look in a haste to claim credit for Karpoori Thakur's Bharat Ratna?

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Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur will "send a positive message among deprived sections of the society". Nitish Kumar, who visits the late leader's ancestral village on his every birth anniversary even slammed BJP and PM Modi for attempting to take “full credit" for it. "I was told by Ramnath Thakur, my party colleague, and the late leader’s son, that the prime minister had called him up after the announcement.

The PM has not called me so far. It is possible that he may claim full credit for the move. Be that as it may, I thank the PM and his government for fulfilling a demand I have been raising since I assumed power in Bihar," Kumar said.

Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav also displayed excitement over the announcement and even shared his old speeches in which he can be seen demanding Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur. “We have been demanding Bharat Ratna for socialist icon Karpoori Thakur for the last several years. He fought for the cause of weaker and marginalized sections of society throughout his life.

He was deeply concerned with the upliftment of the weaker sections. I thank the central government for announcing this award to the great socialist leader", Yadav posted on social media platform X. Karpoori Thakur joined the freedom struggle at a young age and played a crucial role during the Quit Indian movement.

After India's independence, the Bihar leader raised the issues of backward castes and worked his entire life for their upliftment. The socialist icon was extremely popular and after winning his first election in 1952, he never tasted defeat. In Bihar, Karpoori Thakur's legacy can help the current leaders in uniting the backward classes, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and especially other backward classes