Subhash Agarwal feels Dhoni and Bhajji's absence at the national awards was an insult to our President 
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Desh Ki Shaan: Pratibha Patil awarded the Padma Shri to ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics</td></tr></tbody></table>This is in reference to the news report of Harbhajan Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni failing to attend the Padma Shri awards which were given away by President of India Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Invites for such prestigious functions are notified much earlier, and awardees must ensure that they attend them as a mark of respect towards the nation. Those who give the awards a miss should not be bestowed with them. Exemption from presence at award ceremonies may be granted rarely and only on genuine circumstances. Money and not awards seem to have been a priority for our super-rich cricketers. An enormous amount of money is showered on them by the Board of Cricket Control in India. u00a0 The state governments also gift them in crores for their performances. u00a0 In such a social structure, the rich turn richer, while majority of the people still live below the poverty line due to unemployment.

Subhash Agarwal feels Dhoni and Bhajji's absence at the national awards was an insult to our President

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