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Bhupen Hazarika

Compromised award

Since posthumous awards can neither be returned nor rejected, the log book will record it as having been conferred on the iconic Dr Bhupen Hazarika of Assam, but a hard-hitting statement from his US-based son said that it was a dubious attempt to seek political favour when vast sections of the people in the North-east were vehemently opposed to the Citizenship Bill.