05-22-2004, 06:07 AM
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Kolkata, May 21. (PTI): All-India Minority Forum, a city-based platform of minorities, said Congress president Sonia Gandhi had demonstrated her spirit of "sacrifice" by refusing Prime Ministership and should be conferred the highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna'.
"Her political sacrifice in the national interest should entitle her to be conferred with Bharat Ratna", Forum president, Idris Ali, said adding a communication to this effect had been sent to President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Ali said Gandhi would be remembered for not being power hungry and "this amply proves that she is a true Indian."
The Forum, he said, demanded that BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Uma Bharti be arrested for issuing provocative statements against Sonia Gandhi showing total disrespect to the Constitution.
Both Bharti and Swaraj should tender apology in public for branding Sonia Gandhi a foreigner, he added.
<b>Minority Forum demands Bharat Ratna for Sonia Gandhi </b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Kolkata, May 21. (PTI): All-India Minority Forum, a city-based platform of minorities, said Congress president Sonia Gandhi had demonstrated her spirit of "sacrifice" by refusing Prime Ministership and should be conferred the highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna'.
"Her political sacrifice in the national interest should entitle her to be conferred with Bharat Ratna", Forum president, Idris Ali, said adding a communication to this effect had been sent to President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Ali said Gandhi would be remembered for not being power hungry and "this amply proves that she is a true Indian."
The Forum, he said, demanded that BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Uma Bharti be arrested for issuing provocative statements against Sonia Gandhi showing total disrespect to the Constitution.
Both Bharti and Swaraj should tender apology in public for branding Sonia Gandhi a foreigner, he added.