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Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has written to President Ram Nath Kovind saying that he wishes to return his Padma Vibhushan award, to protest against the Centre’s new farm laws and in solidarity with farmers who are have been consistently protesting against them. Badal, now 92 years old, had received the country’s second-highest civilian honour in 2015.
Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has written to President Ram Nath Kovind saying that he wishes to return his Padma Vibhushan award, to protest against the Centre’s new farm laws and in solidarity with farmers who are have been consistently protesting against them. Badal, now 92 years old, had received the country’s second-highest civilian honour in 2015.
