'People dividing country are appreciated more': MP Bikash Ranjan mocks govt over Kalyan Singh's Padma award

Left Front's Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya said that if the Modi government is just, why did it give Padma Vibhushan to Kalyan Singh and Padma Bhushan to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee? 

The controversy surrounding veteran CPI(M) leader and ex-Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refuses to die down. Left Front's Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya said that if the Modi government is just, why did it give Padma Vibhushan to Kalyan Singh and Padma Bhushan to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee?Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Left Front's sole Rajya Sabha MP, said: "If the Modi government is just, then why is it giving Padma Vibhushan to Kalyan Singh and Padma Bhushan to Budhhadeb Bhattacharjee? Both were Chief Ministers. This clearly shows that the ones who divide the country on communal lines will be appreciated more by the government. Babri Masjid happened in Kalyan Singh's tenure."

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Ex-Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award on January 25.

In a statement, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, said: "I know nothing about this award. No one has told me anything about it. If they have decided to offer Padma Bhushan to me, I refuse to accept it."

According to CPI(M) sources, it was a decision of both Bhattacharjee and also the party. The party took to Twitter and wrote: "Com. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who was nominated for the Padma Bhushan award, has declined to accept it. The CPI(M) policy has been consistent in declining such awards from the state. Our work is for the people, not for awards. Com EMS, who was earlier offered an award, had declined it."

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