As a part of BJP’s ongoing ‘Sampark se Samarthan’ initiative, party’s national president Amit Shah on Thursday met hockey legend Balbir Singh and veteran athlete Milkha Singh in Chandigarh. Shah was accompanied by the BJP’s Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher and others.
Balbir Singh played a key role in bagging gold for India at the Olympics in london (1948), Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956).
Shah, who also met ‘Flying Sikh’, took to twitter to share his meeting details. “It was great meeting ‘The Flying Sikh’ Sardar Milkha Singh ji and his wife Nirmal Milkha Singh ji as part of ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ initiative at their home in Chandigarh. Discussed with them the developmental initiatives of PM Narendra Modi's govt in the last 4 years,” he tweeted.
launched in May this year, the Sampark for Samarthan initiative was devised to generate awareness about the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s achievements in the last four years.