By India Blooms News Service Apr 07, 2023
New Delhi: The Congress has claimed that the BJP tutored renowned Bidri craft artist Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for the Padma Shri award after being neglected by the UPA government.
After the Padma awards ceremony on Wednesday, when PM Modi greeted Quadri and shook his hands, the Kannada artist told the PM: I was expecting a Padma award during the UPA government, but I did not get it. When your government came, I thought now the BJP government would not give any award to a Muslim. So, I stopped expecting. But you have proved me wrong. I express my sincere gratitude to you.
This is an interesting conversation between Padma Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri and Prime Minister He says, I expected Padma earlier, during UPA for 5 years, didnt get. Didnt expect to get it under the BJP government, but thankful to PM Modi for proving him wrong. pic.twitter.com/zpVRd0HLuu
Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 5, 2023
The video of veteran artist thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP after receiving the Padma Shri award has gone viral.
Reacting to Qadris remarks, Congresss Pramod Tiwari said, To get an advantage in the Karnataka polls, they tutored Rasheed Quadri to make such a statement so that they get the sympathy of the Muslim voters. But it is not going to happen.
Tiwari also claimed that the BJP is releasing only select statements to push its prospects in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.
Veteran Bidri craft artist from Karnataka, Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri, received Padma Shri from President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala slammed Pramod Tiwari for insulting the craftsman. Congress Pramod Tiwari who wanted separate law for Gandhis now alleges that legendary Bidri craftsman, Padmashri Shah Rashid Ahmed Qadri was tutored to praise PM @narendramodi for votes (sic), he said in a tweet.
This is an insult of not just the craftsman but of Karnataka of the Padma Awardees who come from most humble backgrounds. Today the Awards have become Peoples Padma but true to its character Congress parivar attacks these people, Karnatakas culture art. Will they sack Pramod Tewari? Or else people will respond in Karnataka, the BJP spokesperson wrote on Twitter
Congress Pramod Tiwari who wanted separate law for Gandhis now alleges that legendary Bidri craftsman, Padmashri Shah Rashid Ahmed Qadri was tutored to praise PM @narendramodi for votes This is an insult of not just the craftsman but of Karnataka of the Padma Awardees who pic.twitter.com/bqlSqlLMD5
Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) April 6, 2023