On Ambedkar Jayanti, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid homage to Dr B.R. Ambedkar, calling him a true Bharat Ratna and a living school of democracy. He said Ambedkar’s lifelong fight for an egalitarian and just society would forever inspire the nation

On Monday the Maharashtra legislative assembly passed a unanimous resolution recommending that the Centre confer Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award, posthumously for social reformers Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule