Arvind Kejriwal Demands Bharat Ratna For Indian Doctors, Writes To PM Modi

Arvind Kejriwal, in letter to the Prime Minister, suggested that rules be tweaked so that all healthcare workers can be honoured together as a group.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, be conferred upon "Indian doctors" and healthcare workers who have been at the forefront in the fight against Covid pandemic. Mr Kejriwal, in letter to the Prime Minister, suggested that rules be tweaked so that all healthcare workers can be honoured together as a group. "The country wants that this year Bharat Ratna should be given to an ''Indian doctor''. By this, I do not mean any particular person. All the group of doctors, nurses and paramedics of the country should get this honour," wrote the Delhi Chief Minister, whose most recent run-in with the centre was over the AAP government's ration scheme. Mr Kejriwal underlined that such an honour will be a "real tribute" to many doctors and nurses who lost their lives fighting the COVID-19.