Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik on Monday slammed the BJP led Central government over Padma Shri being awarded to Singer Adnan Sami and said that it is a damage control exercise of the BJP and an insult to the people of India.

Maharashtra Minister & NCP leader Nawab Malik on Adnan Sami conferred with Padma Shri award: It's a clear cut case that if anyone from Pakistan will chant 'Jai Modi', he'll get citizenship of the country as well as a Padma Shri award. It is an insult to the people of the country. pic.twitter.com/UV6jqMKCHv

— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2020

"As the entire country is witnessing protests against CAA, it has shown the government in a bad light on the international level. So, giving an award to Adnan Sami is nothing but a damage control exercise by the BJP," Malik told ANI.