New Delhi, May 12: Noted movie writer Salim Khan, former diplomat K S Bajpai and spiritual gurus Sri Ravi Shanker, Mohammed Burhanuddin and Mata Amritanandamayi had refused to accept the Padma awards this year while Ramdev was not considered for the honours, according to an RTI response.
To a query seeking to know the names of persons who were shortlisted for the civilian honours but turned it down, the home ministry said Salim Khan, former diplomat K S Bajpai and spiritual gurus Sri Ravi Shanker, late Mohammed Burhanuddin and Mata Amritanandamayi had refused to accept the Padma awards.
The ministry in an RTI response to activist Subhash Agrawal referred him to web site which had lists of people considered for Padma awards and those shortlisted for them but it did not have name of yoga guru Ramdev.
Two days before the awards were to be presented January 26, 2015, Ramdev had claimed that he had written to home minister Rajnath Singh declining the award as he came to know that he was being considered for it. PTI
