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Confer Bharat Ratna to SPB: AP CM appeals PM

Confer Bharat Ratna to SPB: AP CM appeals PM

Vijayawada, Spt 28 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer Bharat Ratna award to legendary singer S P Balasubrahmanyam.
In a letter to the Prime Minister on Monday, the Chief Minister requested to confer Bharat Ratna award upon S P Balasubrahmanyam. The Chief Minister said that Andhra Pradesh is fortunate for being the birth place (Nellore) of the great music maestro, S P Balasubrahmanyam.
Mr.Jagan Mohan Reddy said that SP Balu had sung over 40,000 tracks in his mother tongue Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. He won six national awards for best male playback singer, 25 AP State Nandi awards, six filmfare awards. He was also honoured with the silver Peacock medal in 2016 as Indian personality of the year.

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