The Delhi unit of BJP today demanded that the 23-year-old gangrape victim be honoured with Ashoka Chakra, the country&#39;s highest civilian award for bravery, as her courage has &quot;inspired the whole nation&quot;. <img alt="Protests against the Delhi gangrape" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/candle.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 352px;" /> A candle-light protest in memory of the Delhi gangrape victim (Pic - AFP) In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP state unit president Vijender Gupta made the demand to honour the girl posthumously during Republic Day. &quot;The courage and bravery she exhibited has inspired the whole nation and shaken our national consciousness,&quot; Gupta stated in the letter. He cited the case of India&#39;s youngest recipient of the Ashoka Chakra, Neerja Bhanot, to emphasise the need to honour the young paramedical student, who died in a Singapore hospital after being brutally assaulted in a moving bus on December 16. Bhanot, who was a flight attendant with Pan Am airlines, died while saving passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986. &quot;You were one of the few people who were present at the time her body returned from Singapore and I am confident that you will consider the feeling of the nation to honour her with the Ashoka Chakra,&quot; Gupta said in the letter.u00a0

BJP's Delhi unit today wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the 23-year-old girl, who succumbed to injuries inflicted on her by her rapists, be honoured with Ashoka Chakra.

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