Mamata tweets happiness at Bharat Ratna for Vajpayee

March 27, 2015 17:28

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed happiness over former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee being conferred Bharat Ratna today and described him as a "truly great statesman" who richly deserves this honour.

"Happy that Atalji is being conferred Bharat Ratna today. He is a truly great statesman who richly deserves this honour. I wish him well," the Trinamool Congress supremo, who served as a minister in the Vajpayee government, tweeted.

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