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Watch: PM Modi touches feet of 98-year old Makhanlal Sarkar during West Bengal swearing-in ceremony - who is he?
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Watch: PM Modi touches feet of 98-year old Makhanlal Sarkar during West Bengal swearing-in ceremony - who is he?

Times of India · May 9, 2026, 6:03 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi honored 98-year-old BJP veteran Makhanlal Sarkar at the party's first West Bengal government swearing-in. Sarkar, a key grassroots leader since the BJP's inception, was recognized for his decades of service and association with the nationalist movement. His arrest in Kas

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