Assembly for Bharat Ratna to Bahuguna

New Delhi: Delhi assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday for conferring the Bharat Ratna award posthumously upon the legendary environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna. Speaking on the motion, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal heaped praises upon him for protecting the environment at an age when no one seemed to care about it. Kejriwal recently wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi seeking the highest civilian honour for the environmentalist.

“He started working to protect the environment when he was just 13. At an age where we were attending school and did not have worldly knowledge, he started social activism. He raised his voice against untouchability that was practised against Dalits, he made hostels for Dalits. Like Babasaheb Ambedkar struggled to ensure entry of Dalits in temples, Bahuguna, too, kept struggling for that cause in his area,” Kejriwal added.