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Padma awards farce: Lata recommends sister Usha, Amjad nominates sons, Amar nominates Jayaprada

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New Delhi: In sheer disregard towards provision to avoid conflict of interest, prominent dignitaries nominated their relatives and colleagues for the Padma awards, a reply received by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal has revealed.The list

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Even the President Pranab Mukherjee recommended filmmaker, author and journalist Pritish Nandy's name for the Padma award.



Congress treasurer Motilal Vora recommended 25 names, while singer Pandit Jasraj recommended 11 names for Padma awards, the RTI reply revealed.

Minister of State Rajiv Shukla recommended as many as seven names for Padma awards.







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