After being awarded the Padma Shri on Wednesday, Shah Rashid Ahmed Qadri from Karnataka’s Bidar told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he had never expected to receive the Padma under the BJP rule.
“But you proved me wrong,” Qadri said after being presented the Padma by President Droupadi Murmu.
Karnataka’s veteran Bidri craftsman Shah Rashid Ahmed Qadri, who received the Padma Shri from President Draupadi Murmu, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. He said that he was wrong to believe that the BJP government would not confer this prestigious civilian honor on him. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacted with the awardees after the Padma award ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan ended.
When Modi greeted and shook hands with Qadri, he told the prime minister that I was expecting the Padma award during the UPA government, but I did not get it. When your government came, I thought that now the BJP government will not give me any award, but you have proved me wrong. I express my gratitude to you from the bottom of my heart.
