Vijender Singh supports farmers, says will return Khel Ratna award if demands not met
The 35-year-old boxer supported the farmers’ cause and said if the three ordinances are not repealed, then he will return the country’s highest sporting honour.
The 35-year-old boxer supported the farmers’ cause and said if the three ordinances are not repealed, then he will return the country’s highest sporting honour.
Kuldip Singh Bhullar, who won the discus throw silver medal in the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, and sprinter Jincy Philip, who finished fourth in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, have been nominated for the Dhyan Chand Award.
Sardar Singh was the last hockey player to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
The two recommendations for Dronacharya Award were coaches Chhote Lal Yadav and Mohammad Ali Qamar.
The Sports Ministry is yet to approve the list of awardees but is unlikely to make any change.
