Twitter went into a agitation this morning when media reports aforementioned the govt. has determined to confer Padma Awards to non secular gurus like Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
According to The Indian specific, they be a part of a listing of luminaries like Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth who are going to be awarded with the country\’s prime honours. in keeping with reports, musician anu malik is additionally obtaining an award.
But, it appears the reports may be warning. The Ministry of Home Affairs simply free a press release terming the media reports are ‘speculative’.
“The Government has not yet declared the Padma Awards for the Year 2015. These awards square measure declared on twenty fifth of January once a year, on the eve of the Republic Day.
The names showing within the media square measure speculative and there’s no official confirmation for an equivalent,” the same the release.
According to media reports, court game player PV Sindhu, scrapper Sushil Kumar and his coach Satpal and Indian squad captain Sardara Singh also will be receiving awards within the sports class.
The government has determined to award economic expert and currently a NITI Ayog member Bibek Debroy with a bequest. Journalist Swapan Dasgupta, famed to be a sturdy defender and advocate of the BJP has created it to the list of awardees this year too.
