The Modi government’s move to confer India’s high civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, on veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani along with Bihar’s socialist leader and icon Karpoori Thakur, makes a major political statement ahead of the general elections. The message is that the BJP is heading into the polls on the twin planks of Hindutva and social justice, a combination the opposition is finding hard to counter.<br /><br />Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/india-why-bharat-ratna-for-lk-advani-and-karpoori-thakur-matters-1.100935555<br /><br />See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos<br />Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km<br /><br />Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV<br /><br />#UAEnews #India #politics
