'Received no help from..': CWG medallist wrestler leaves Delhi CM Kejriwal red-faced
In 2018, Divya Kakran raised the issue of players not getting the necessary support and said that her calls went unanswered despite the chief minister assuring her that she would get more help in the future.
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New Delhi, Aug 9: Star Indian wrestler Divya Kakran, who clinched a bronze medal in the 65kg category at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Friday, has lashed out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not receiving any prize money or any support from the government.
After winning a bronze medal at CWG 2022, Kejriwal took to Twitter to congratulate her. "Well done, wrestlers. Our wrestlers have made a splash in the Commonwealth Games. In wrestling, India got a total of 6 medals in a single day, out of which 3 were gold. Many congratulations to Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia for their Gold, Divya Kakran, and Mohit Grewal for their Bronze medals," loosely translated from Hindi to English.
The wrestler expressed her gratitude, however, slammed the Delhi CM. She tweeted, ""A heartfelt thank you to the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Delhi for congratulating me on the medal. I have a request for you that I have been living in Delhi for the last 20 years and practicing my sport wrestling. Until now, I have not been given any reward or help from the state government."
Further, she added, "I request you that the way you honour players who play from any other state despite being from Delhi, I should also be honored in the same way." It is pertinent to mention that this is not the first time that Divya has raised this issue.
An Arjuna awardee, she has won medals in the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Championships. Sharing a video from 2018, she had made a similar request to the Delhi Chief Minister during the felicitation ceremony following the contingent's return from CWG success in Gold Coast. She had won a bronze in the 2018 edition as well.
“It seems history is repeating itself. Nothing has changed. No one did anything for me then and it remains the same now,” Kakran tweeted.
In 2018, Divya raised the issue of players not getting the necessary support. Divya had then said that her calls went unanswered despite the chief minister assuring her that she would get more help in the future. "It is good that you are congratulating and rewarding us today, but when we needed it the most, no support was given," she claimed.
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