Q. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who refused the Padma Bhushan award, was the Chief Minister of which state?
Answer:
West Bengal
Notes: The 77 year-old Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refused the Padma Bhushan award announced in 2022.
He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. Legendary singer Sandhya Mukherjee and tabla exponent Anindya Chatterjee also refused the awards. Sandhya Mukherjee has a 70 year long career and has sung thousands of songs for Indian cinema.