Veteran actress Asha Parekh lobbied for Padma Bhushan : Nitin Gadkari
Union Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari, on Saturday, blamed veteran performer Asha Parekh for campaigning for Padma Bhushan award.
Veteran actress Asha Parekh lobbied for Padma Bhushan : Nitin Gadkari
Gadkari supposedly said that the actress ‘climbed 12 floors to approach him for Padma Bhushan’.
“Film actor Asha Parekh came to me for recommended her name for Padma Bhushan. The lift of my apartment was not working functionally, so she climbed 12 floors to meet me in person and I truly felt awful about it,” the Union Minister said.
Gadkari included that Parekh said that she was entitled for the Padma Bhushan because of her huge commitment in Indian Film industry.
Parekh was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award in 2014 and with the Padma Shri in 1992. Asha Parekh is yet to talk on this issue.
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