Maharashtra Assembly Seeks Bharat Ratna For Jyotirao & Savitribai Phule

The Maharashtra Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to confer the Bharat Ratna posthumously on social reformers Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule. Minister Jaykumar Raval moved the proposal, supported by NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal and Congress’s Vijay Wadetiwar.