Punjab: ‘Grateful for Padma Bhushan, but people more important’
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Punjab: ‘Grateful for Padma Bhushan, but people more important’
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CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) president and Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, a day after he announced to return his Padma Bhushan award, on Friday made public his letter on the farmers’ protest, sent to President Ram Nath Kovind. In the letter, he has said he cannot keep the award when farmers were facing a “vilification campaign and hostile attitude” as they were peacefully protesting against central government farm laws. Asked what took him so long to return the awards since farmers had been protesting for over two months, Dhindsa said, “I had a hope that the central government would come up with some solution soon. But now they have stooped so low and are insulting farmers. That is intolerable.” The MP said he would visit Delhi next week and seek a meeting with the President to return the Padma Bhushan personally.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-12-05
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Chandigarh