In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Baba Ramdev requested to give this award to a distinguished person, who deserves it. “For me, awards and rewards do not make any significance,” he further added.
The development comes prior to an official announcement by the NDA government on the final list of this year’s Padma awardees. The Ministry of Home Affairs, has termed the names floated in the media as ‘speculative’ and asked everyone to wait for the official announcement.