"Someone Recognised My Work": Ghulam Nabi Azad On Padma Award

New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".

New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day amid a churn in the Congress over leadership issues. For his acceptance of the award, he was shaded by a section of leaders in the Congress. Citing veteran CPM leader and former Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's refusal of the award, Mr Azad's party colleague Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Right thing to do. He wants to be Azad not Ghulam".New Delhi: Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad, who received the Padma Bhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today, said, "It feels good when the country or the government recognises someone's work". "I like that someone recognised my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always strived to work for the people, be it in the social or political sphere or as a (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir," news agency ANI quoted him as saying. "Keeping this in view, I am happy with the award given by the government and the people of the country," he added. The senior leader was one of the two opposition leaders who were listed for the award on the eve of Republic Day