Chhattisgarh Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Tank Ram Verma on Tuesday honoured fencing player Rupali Sahu for winning the silver at the Junior Commonwealth Fencing Competition in New Zealand.
Bilaspur’s Sahu and Raipur’s Reeba Benni both won the silver in fencing in the games held from July 12 to 19.
Speaking in Raipur, he said the two had not made not just Chhattisgarh but the whole country proud.