Guwahati/New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Lok Sabha MP from Assam Gaurav Gogoi has demanded the posthumous conferment of the Bharat Ratna upon late artist Zubeen Garg.
Raising the demand in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament on Wednesday, the MP from Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency, who is also the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, stated that Zubeen Garg was a great artist as well as an environmentalist, wildlife enthusiast, a profound scholar, and a humanitarian.
"In the 90s, the great artist Zubeen Garg infused energy among all the people of Assam through his songs and music. In the subsequent period, Zubeen Garg provided moral courage to Assam and its people and became ...