Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has congratulated the sportspersons for bringing laurels to the country and the state by winning medals at the ongoing Asian Games being held in Jakarta.
He congratulated Bajrang Punia, who had won gold medal in free style 65kg wrestling competition in Asian Games being held at Jakarta.
Expressing his happiness over the victory of Punia, the Chief Minister said that Punia gave India its first gold medal in 18th edition of the Asian Games and he hoped that players from Haryana would continue to perform better in this competition.
The Chief Minister also congratulated Vinesh Phogat for winning gold medal in wrestling and lakshay Sheoran for winning silver medal in shooting at the Asian Games.
Phogat rewrote history on Monday after becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win Asian Games gold medal. She defeated Yuki Irie of Japan in the finals of the 50 kg category. Vinesh Phogat is a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. Born in Haryana, Vinesh comes from a reputed background of wrestling which boasts of her cousins Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari Phogat.
On the other hand, young Indian shooter lakshay Sheroan, from Haryana’s Jind, bagged the silver medal in the men’s trap event in Indonesia on Monday. The 19-year-old lakshay shot 39 out of 45 to finish second on the podium.
Congratulating the three sportspersons for their outstanding performance, the Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil on Monday said that the Government will give Rs 3 crore each to Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat for winning gold medal at the Asian Games. Besides a job of HCS/HPS would be given to them as per the sports policy of Haryana Government, Vij said. lakshay Sheron will be awarded Rs 1.5 crore and a Group A job for his achievement, Vij added.