Two key leaders of opposition parties -- senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and CPM's former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee – were on the list of the Padma awardees announced by the Centre on the eve of the Republic Day. A Padma award was conferred posthumously on Kalyan Singh -- the BJP leader turned governor – on the eve of Uttar Pradesh elections.
Padma Awards For Opposition's Ghulam Nabi Azad, Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee
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