The Gorakhpur-based Gita Press has declined to accept the Rs 1 crore cash award for the Gandhi Peace Prize amid a political row over its selection for the prestigious honour.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday hit out at the Congress, saying its opposition to the Gita Press being named for the Gandhi Peace Prize was an "insult to our culture, traditions, life values and religion." Congress general secretary-in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh on Sunday alleged the decision to honour Gita Press with the Gandhi Peace
Award was instituted by the Narasimha-Rao led Cong govt in 1995, has been given earlier to activists, fighting against colonialism to leprosy to Nelson Mandela and, in 2020, to Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
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