Amid all the allegations and the counters from Rhea's lawyer, an NGO has requested that late actor Sushant Singh Rajput be nominated for the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award. Padma Bhushan is India's third-highest civilian award, preceded by Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. Prithviraj Maske, President of Sangharsh NGO, in a letter addressed to Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, has requested that the actor be honoured with the award posthumously. Here is the letter:I, Prithviraj Maske, President of Sangharsh NGO, Mumbai request herebyto be nominated Late Sushant Singh Rajput for Padma Bhushan Award. We request you to nominate his name for Padma Bhushan Award andalso start an Award programme in the name of Late Sushant Singh Rajput bythe state government like we have Dadasaheb Phalke.

Source: dna August 26, 2020 09:00 UTC