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Subramanian Swamy demands Bharat Ratna for Ashok Singhal

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today favoured conferring of Bharat Ratna award on former VHP leader Ashok Singhal posthumously.

In a statement, Swamy said Singhal was the architect of the Ram Janambhoomi movement and made sacrifices for social transformation.

Singhal, who had risen to prominence playing a leading role in the Ram temple issue in the late eighties, died in November last year.

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First Published: Nov 16 2016 | 4:28 PM IST

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