Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refused the Padma Bhushan this year. His statement was that he knew nothing about the award, and that no one had told him anything about it. “If they have decided to confer Padma Bhushan on me, I refuse to accept it,” Bhattacharjee said.
Further, the CPI(M) on its Twitter said, “Com. Padma Bhushan Award nominee Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has refused to accept it. The CPI(M) policy has been consistent in weeding out such awards from the state. Our job is to do so.” It is for the people, not for the prize. Com EMS who were earlier offered an award declined it.” (Thus)
Records show that in 2001, former CM Jyoti Basu received the Mother Teresa Award. But why do communists accept awards from other organizations, not from the state?
The ideological stand taken by the communists against the state in such matters is in stark contrast to their participation in electoral policy and affairs.
Amit Malviya, national convener of BJP IT cell told News18, “Communists have always despised the Indian state. They derive their ideological orientation from Marx and Lenin, who advocated a worldview incompatible with India. There are factions of the communist movement that resolve to overthrow the Indian state by violent means, which is why they are in an eventual political decline. It is, therefore, no surprise that the Left despises the honor bestowed by the Indian state. ,
Sources said Bhattacharjee’s wife got a call from the home ministry and when told about the award, she did not say that Bhattacharjee would not receive it.
Party insiders said it was their principle that they did not take state-given awards. Although they participated in the law, they did not believe in the principle of taking rewards from the state. They can get accreditation from organizations that are not related to the state.
Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Bhattacharya said, “I don’t remember whether Jyoti Basu got any award or not, but we don’t get award from the state. Look at the character of this government; if we don’t support their way of working So why should we take the award?”
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