PANAJI
The Goa Legislative Assembly on Saturday made several congratulatory references including notably of Green Revolution pioneer M S Swaminathan and two former prime ministers -- Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh -- all of who were conferred the 'Bharat Ratna', the nations highest civilian honour a day earlier.
Other congratulatory references were made for Grandmaster Leone Luke Mendonca for attaining the title and Dr Prakash Paryenkar for receiving the Sahitya Academy award for his story collection 'Varsal' among others.
