Adnan Sami On His Padma Shri: Attack Me But Don't Attack The Sanctity Of This Award

Adnan Sami responds to the criticism of winning the Padma Shri Award, says politicians are talking against him because they have their political issues with the government.

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Padma Shri recipient Adnan Sami claims he is being used as a pawn by people who have been attacking the government for conferring him with the honour.

“Frankly speaking, politicians actually don’t have anything against me, because I am not a politician. I am a musician. In the morning, they will say bad things about me and in the evening they will sit with a drink and listen to my songs. As a musician, my job is to make people happy with music, and spread love. They are talking against me because they have their own political issues with the government,”

He added: “I end up being a pawn in the whole thing. My name is simply being used because they have their animosity against political counterparts.”

Maharashtra Minorities Development Minister and NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik tweeted ti declare that conferring Padma Shri to Sami is an insult to Indians. He alleged that the gesture of conferring the award to Sami was the government’s effort to do damage control for being questioned over CAA and NRC.