Whilst netizens speculate vendetta politics over Manu Bhaker’s meet with the LoP Rahul Gandhi, the 22-year-old Olympic star from Haryana has set the data straight over the Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award snub row with a social media replace. In her submit, she said that
As an athlete, my function is to play and carry out for my nation.
Awards and recognition hold me motivated however aren’t my objective.
I imagine there was a lapse, perhaps on my half, whereas submitting for the nomination, which is being corrected.
Regardless of the award, I shall stay motivated to win extra medals for my nation.
She additional urged her followers (and critics alike) to not speculate on the problem any additional.
For the unversed, the double medalist shooter, Manu Bhaker, was not listed among the many current nominees for the distinguished sports activities award by the Authorities of India. Her father lamented having prepped her up for the grandest athletics and sports activities spectacle—the Olympics. He went so far as to recommend that it’s higher to coach to change into IAS or IPS officers, who’ve authority. “In the event you want cash, then get them into cricket, and in case you want energy, then make them an IAS/IPS officer.” The assertion had blended reactions, whilst Manu Bhaker’s coach Jaspal Rana slammed the Sports activities Ministry, SAI (Sports activities Authority of India), and the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation of India for overlooking the star shooter’s achievements.
In the meantime, the 12-member awards committee said that the present checklist shouldn’t be last as there’s a course of concerned. The query is, why gained’t a record-shattering twin medalist olympian mechanically qualify for the awards? For these residing beneath the rock, on the Paris Olympics 2024, Manu Bhaker grew to become the primary Indian post-independence to win a twin medal, with a bronze in particular person occasion and one other in blended occasion.
VIDEO | Right here’s what double Olympic medallist #ManuBhaker‘s father Ram Kishan Bhaker mentioned after she was ignored for this 12 months’s Dhyan Chand #KhelRatna award.
“It’s also my fault that I inspired Manu into sports activities. To the whole nation’s dad and mom, I want to say do not get… pic.twitter.com/G8Xawi0S9L
— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) December 24, 2024
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— Manu Bhaker🇮🇳 (@realmanubhaker) December 24, 2024
The lapse was skiping the megalomaniac and assembly Rahul Gandhi first.
This regime is well-known for its vendetta politics.
Maintain your Focus and Backbone woman.✌️❤️#ManuBhaker pic.twitter.com/7I8JhYUcbe
— Vini Kohli (@vinikkohli) December 24, 2024
I nonetheless don’t perceive why an athlete has to use for an award!!
That is absurd. If it is a rule, it should be modified.
An athlete who has gained two Olympic medals for our nation, wants to use for Khel Ratna awards!! 🙄
— Manas Muduli (@manas_muduli) December 24, 2024
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