In a post on X, Former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu wrote, “๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ง award ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐. As I continue to serve the people after my tenure as the Vice President of India, this honour makes me even more conscious of my role in the national endeavour to create a Shreshth Bharat.”
“I dedicate this honour to the farmers, women , youth & all my fellow citizens of Bharat. Let us rededicate ourselves to the service of the motherland & strive to take Bharat to greater heights of glory,” he said in the post.