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Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday refused to contain himself within the boiling controversy over wrestler Bajrang Punia returning his Padma Shri in protest in opposition to the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, because the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Olympic medallist Punia had reached the Kartavya Path in New Delhi on Friday to satisfy Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hand over a protest letter however stored the Padma Shri medallion on a footpath there being blocked by the policemen.
“I’ve already spoken sufficient. No extra feedback,” stated Thakur right here on the SAI centre on the sidelines of a perform to honour eminent athletes and Asian Video games medal winners.
Thakur additionally inaugurated new hostel amenities and a Artificial Athletic Observe at SAI.
Nonetheless, Thakur exhorted previous champions to return ahead and assist the budding athletes to make a mark in worldwide degree competitions.
“Our athletes received over 100 medals each within the Asian Video games (in Hangzhou) and within the Asian Para Video games. These tales should be highlighted,” Thakur stated.
“Earlier than they departed (for Asian Video games) I had requested them whether or not they would be capable of breach the 100-medal mark and so they expressed collective confidence, and so they did it too.” The Minister then requested the previous champions to pitch in to maintain the success in future competitions.
“We have now received a number of main occasions. We had received the primary Thomas Cup final yr and we additionally noticed lots of success in hockey, athletics and different occasions. Now, the champions ought to make sure that they cross the information and expertise to the upcoming athletes in order that we will higher this effort in future.”
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