In 1987, the Indian government posthumously awarded him with the Bharat Ratna, making him the first non-Indian to receive this honour.

Expressing heartfelt gratitude to millions of BJP workers, RSS volunteers and others with whom he had worked in his public life, Advani thanked President Droupadi Murmu and PM Modi for the honour.

Notably, for the past months, the governor and state CM Bhagwant Mann were engaged in a war of words over different issues.