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Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee rejects Padma Bhushan award

Scroll | 26/01/2022 11:09 AM | Click to read full article

Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday rejected the Padma Bhushan award, hours after his name was announced for it.

The CPI(M) quoted Bhattacharjee as saying that he did not know about the Padma Bhushan award and was not informed about it. “I refuse to accept the Padma Bhushan award if they have conferred it,” he said.

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