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Bajrang Punia To Return Padmashree Award To PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia on Friday decided to return the prestigious Padma Shri award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a protest after Brij Bhushan Singh's close aide Sanjay Singh was elected as the President of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
A day after teary-eyed Sakshi Malik announced that she was quitting the sport, Bajrang wrote a letter to PM Modi, expressing his disappointment following WFI polls.
In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Punia outlined the reasons behind his decision of returning the prestigious award.
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