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Singer Sandhya Mukherjee victim of politics, wasn’t allowed to accept Padma Shri: Dilip Ghosh
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Deccan Herald | 16/02/2022 10:01 PM | Click to read full article
Veteran singer Sandhya Mukherjee, who passed away on Tuesday, was deprived of the Padma Shri because of Trinamool’s politics, BJP Lok Sabha MP and national vice president Dilip Ghosh said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal chief minister said that the singer deserved more than Padma Shri, the award the singer had refused in January. Sandhya, aged 90, passed away in Kolkata on Tuesday.