A senior home ministry official has objected the inclusion of sports as a field of Bharat Ratna as it might raise the issue including other fields as well. However, It was then home minster P Chidambaram who argued that Bharat Ratna should be considered as a decoration of any individual who made India proud. Even prime minister Manmohan Singh and then President Pratibha Patil to endorsed Chidambaram's version.
Soon, An amendment has been made to include sports as a category in Bharat Ratna. This decision paved the way for bagging the top honour of the country to Sachin Tendulkar. The delay in the official announcement is because of the fact that centre is thinking on if it would face criticism for neglecting other legendary sportspersons like Dyan Chand (Hockey), Viswanathan Anand (Chess), Jaspal Rana (Shooting) and PT Usha (Athletics) and others. All of this information has been revealed due to the RTI filed by an Acivist SC Agarwal.
Soon, An amendment has been made to include sports as a category in Bharat Ratna. This decision paved the way for bagging the top honour of the country to Sachin Tendulkar. The delay in the official announcement is because of the fact that centre is thinking on if it would face criticism for neglecting other legendary sportspersons like Dyan Chand (Hockey), Viswanathan Anand (Chess), Jaspal Rana (Shooting) and PT Usha (Athletics) and others. All of this information has been revealed due to the RTI filed by an Acivist SC Agarwal.