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Padma Shri glory for Mithali, PV Sindhu, Kota Srinivasa

All three Padma recipients from Telangana are women while from Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: Despite a long list of over 25 names each sent by Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh, the Centre gave a raw deal to the Telugu states by giving three Padma awards to Telangana and only one to Andhra Pradesh.

All three Padma recipients from Telangana are women while from Andhra Pradesh. However, there are a total of eight personalities who are natives of either Telangana or Andhra Pradesh in the Padma awards list announced by the Centre on Sunday.

The eight Telugus who got the award are Indian women’s cricket captain Mithali Raj, shuttler P.V. Sindhu and Dr Manjula Anagani (TS) and Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (recommended by Telangana State), who is staying in USA.

Likewise, actor Kota Srinivasa Rao of Telugu films from Andhra Pradesh, and Ms Kanyakumari Avasarala of Tamil Nadu but originally a Telugu hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Dr Dattatreyudu Nori of US but hailing from Andhra Pradesh and Ms Jayakumari Chikkala of Delhi but hailing from Andhra Pradesh got the Padma honours.

( Source : dc correspondent )
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