Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday urged the Centre to confer the Bharat Ratna upon Pingali Venkayya who designed the National Flag. Pingali Venkayya, from Krishna district, designed the National Flag and presented it to Mahatma Gandhi during his visit to Vijayawada city on April 1, 1921. The CM also felicitated Venkayya's daughter Ghantasala Sitamahalakshmi marking the inauguration of the 75-week-long "Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav" in the state. Reddy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting that the Centre confer the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna on Venkayya posthumously.