#PadmaAwards4Bhakts: From Modi's guru to Sri Sri, has govt awarded cronies?
Aditya Menon
| Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:47 IST
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The awards
- Modi govt has doled out Padma awards to its favourites
- Bollywood figures like Anupam Kher, who defended the govt on intolerance, have been awarded
The politics
- BJP leader Jagmohan, controversial former Governor of J&K, has been given Padma Vibhushan
- Modi\'s guru Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art of Living have also been awarded.
More in the story
- Who are the politically significant awardees?
- Has the BJP awarded those who toe the line?
- Was the Congress any different?
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