‘Kannur’s Gandhi’ VP Appukuttan Poduval will also get Padma Shri

Padma Shri Those selected include VP Appukuttan Poduval, the ‘Gandhi of Kannur’, as well as snake catcher Masi Sadaiyan and Gopal and organic farmer Tula Ram Upreti from Sikkim. According to officials, five people including Mulayam Singh Yadav, SM Krishna, Ustad Zakir Hussain will get Padma Vibhushan.

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