Confer Bharat Ratna on medical fraternity for services in tackling COVID-19: CM Kejriwal

Jul 30, 2021

New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on July 30 urged the Centre to confer the country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna on all doctors, nurses and paramedics collectively who served the people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Kejriwal said, "Delhi Government has decided that this year we will only recommend doctors and paramedical staff for Padma awards. We got 2,100 recommendations in three days for the Padma awards. We urged the central government to confer Indian doctors with the Bharat Ratna collectively this time.” “Delhi Government has decided to send the names of doctors and healthcare workers for the Padma awards of this year. The public will tell us these names. People can send their mails to padmaawards.delhi@gmail.com by August 15,” he added.