భారతరత్న: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

కొందరిని ప్రపంచం గుర్తించిన తర్వాత కాని ఈ పురస్కారానికి ఎంపిక చేయలేదనే విమర్శలు వెలువడ్డాయి.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120906/jsp/nation/story_15944154.jsp|title=Bharat Ratna cry for Bose|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|location=New Delhi|date=6 September 2012|accessdate=18 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519100034/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120906/jsp/nation/story_15944154.jsp|archivedate=19 May 2014}}</ref> [[మదర్ థెరెసా]]కు [[నోబెల్ శాంతి బహుమతి]] ఇచ్చిన తరువాతి సంవత్సరం భారతరత్న ప్రకటించారు. [[సత్యజిత్ రే]]కు ఆస్కార్ అవార్డు అందిన తర్వాతనే భారతరత్న ప్రకటించారు.{{sfn|Guha|2001|p=170}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/link/064-24/|title= Acceptance Speeches: Satyajit Ray|accessdate=18 May 2014|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609212921/http://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/link/064-24/|archivedate=9 June 2014}}</ref>అలాగే [[అమర్త్య సేన్|అమర్త్య సేన్‌]]కు నోబెల్ బహుమతి వచ్చిన తర్వాతనే భారతరత్న ఇవ్వబడింది.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1603/16030300.htm|title=Bharat Ratna for Amartya Sen|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|publisher=The Hindu|volume=16|issue=3|date=1999|accessdate=18 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519094707/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1603/16030300.htm|archivedate=19 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/35855|title=Freedom of Expression: Indians are Becoming Increasingly Intolerant|journal=Forbes India Magazine|date=23 August 2013|accessdate=18 May 2014|author=Tripathi, Salil|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519094021/http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/35855|archivedate=19 May 2014}}</ref>

 

 

* {{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/13/stories/2008011350130100.htm|title=Jyoti Basu "not in the race"|newspaper=The Hindu|agency=Press Trust of India|date=13 January 2008|accessdate=19 May 2014|location=Kolkata|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331181337/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/13/stories/2008011350130100.htm|archivedate=31 March 2014}}

</ref> Similar demands were made by [[Telugu Desam Party]], [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], and [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] for their respective leaders [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Kanshi Ram]], and [[Parkash Singh Badal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/news/26456-bharat-ratna-losing-its-sanctity.html|title=Bharat Ratna losing its sanctity?|publisher=The Statesman|date=24 November 2013|accessdate=19 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520221105/http://www.thestatesman.net/news/26456-bharat-ratna-losing-its-sanctity.html|archivedate=20 May 2014}}</ref> In September 2015, regional political party [[Shiv Sena]] demanded the award for the independence activist [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]] stating that he had been "deliberately neglected by previous governments" but his family clarified that they are not making such demand and that the freedom fighter is known for his contribution towards independence movement and did not need an award for recognition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-09-15/news/66568740_1_bharat-ratna-sena-president-uddhav-thackeray-sena-mp|title=Shiv Sena starts drive to collect 10 lakh signatures to get Bharat Ratna for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=15 September 2015|accessdate=7 November 2015}}