Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday felicitated Delhi-based medal winners at the Commonwealth Games, 2022.
The event, hosted by the Delhi government's Directorate of Education and Sports of Delhi government, was also attended by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Kejriwal handed over incentive cheques to the seven medallists -- Ravi Dahiya, Pinki, Navneet Singh, Tulika Mann, Tejaswini Shankar, Pooja Gehlot and Rohit Tokas. Rs 2.60 crore was also disbursed among the medal winners.
Delhi is making its mark in the country in sports. India won 61 medals in the Commonwealth Games, of which sportspersons from Delhi won seven, Kejriwal said in his address.
"Less than two per cent of the country's population live in Delhi but we brought more than 10 per cent of the medals for the country. There is no dearth of talent in our country but sportspersons don't get facilities because of political interference. We changed this in Delhi," he claimed.