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Karpoori Thakur, former Bihar Chief Minister, was awarded the Bharat Ratna..
However, RJD patriarch Lalu Yadav had refused to lend his vehicle to an unwell Thakur even for a brief while...
So that the dignity and self-respect of the deprived people would get a boost," said Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on X, immediately after the Government of India announced the Bharat Ratna for Thakur...
Lalu Yadav, Nitish Kumar, along with a bunch of other leaders from the Hindi heartland were the pupils of the socialist stalwart Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur...
Karpoori Thakur's second tenure from 1977 to 1979 was the most interesting one, where he provided reservations for the Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) and the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in government jobs, senior journalist with The Indian Express Santosh Singh told IndiaToday.In...
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