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Baba Ramdev refuses Padma Vibhushan, writes to HM

| | Jan 25, 2015, at 02:02 am
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IBNS): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday rejected to accept the Padma Vibhushan award and asked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to select any other person for it.

Ina  letter to Singh, Baba Ramdev has mentioned about the media reports that the Government was considering his name for Padma Vibhushan and said: "I express gratitude from the bottom of my heart for the government’s goodwill."

"I am a Sanyasi (holyman) and I  consider it to be my duty to follow my sanyas, national and seva (service) dharm without any expectations or attachments," he said.

He urged the government to give the award to any other deserving person who is 'doing praiseworthy work'.

The yoga practitioner also tweeted: "It's my rashtra dharma & sanyas dharma to serve my nation. I can't take any award for it. My letter to hon. home min."

Padma Vibhushan is the country's second highest civilian award.

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