BJP demands 'Bharat Ratna' for Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Soon after the Centre announced that the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and the eminent scientist professor C N R Rao will be awarded with the India's highest civilian award "Bharat Ratna", the BJP again raised voice on its long-pending demand that the party's veteran leader and country's former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee should also be conferred with the honour.