Union Minister for Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh conferred the SAIl logo and felicitated Rio Olympics athlete Dharambir Singh, in New Delhi on Wednesday (July 20, 2016).
Union Minister of State for Steel, Vishnu Deo Sai, Secretary, Steel, Aruna Sundararajan and Chairman SAIl, P.K. Singh were also present on the occasion, a Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) press release here informed.
The Union Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh, while felicitating the Olympic qualifying athlete said: '
“We are proud that the largest contingent of Indian athletes is participating in the Rio Olympics this time.”
Expressing confidence on sprinter Dharambir, the Minister said, “We have lots of hope on his performance and wish him the very best for a great performance. SAIl has decided to support Dharamabir too after recently supporting wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt for the Rio Olympics.
We will extend all support to him and look forward to a great performance in the Rio Olympics, he said.