New Delhi: Wrestler Virender Singh Yadav, who was among Padma Shri Awardes this year, has asked Minister Haryana Manohar’s head Lal Khattar to recognize the country’s deaf sportsmen like him as athletes.
Singh, who was born in Sasoli near Jhajjar in Haryana, could not speak or hear.
On Wednesday, he posted a photo of him sitting on the path outside Haryana Bhawan here with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award and other international medals.
“The honorable minister of the ML Khattar, I sat on your path from Delhi Haryana Bhawan’s residence and I would not move from here until you did not give the same right to deaf players like athletes athletes, then why not you?” Singh tweeted .
माननीय मुख्यमंत्री श्री @mlkhattar जी आपके आआास दिल्ली हरियाणा भभन के फुटपाथ पर के फुटपाथ पर के फुटपाथ पर बैठा हूँ और यहाँ से तक नहीं …
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(@Goongapahalwan) 1636531826000 that there is no paralmpic category for only deafthletes and international sports committees for deafness (ICSD) is the body that conducts special sports events for them.
Deaflympics is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee but deaf athletes are not part of a more famous paralympic game.
Singh accepted Shri Padma from President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, a photo tweeted by Khattar, congratulations to the realized grappler that inspired famous documentaries about his life called ‘Goongga Pehelwan’.
“This is a matter of pride for everyone from the country that Haryana’s son and freestling freestling wrestlers, Mr.
Virender Singh Ji has been respected with the ‘Padma Shri’ award.
Congratulations on him for this award,” Khattar had tweeted.
यह समस्त प्रदेशवासियों के लिए गर्व की हरियाणा के बेटे व फ्री ेसल्टाइल रेसलिंग के पैरा पहलवान श्री वीरेन्द्र …
https://t.co/Dek8ovMhy- Manohar LAL (@mlkhattar) 1636467393000TO, Singh, who has won Three gold and bronze medals in Deaflympics while competing in severe division 74 kg, confirms that he wants the same rights regarding the prize of money and awards as athletes, adding that he also spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the same thing.
“The minister’s chairman, if you think of me as athletes, then why don’t you give the right to come up with the title.” For the past four years, I have run from the pillar to send.
I am a junior coach even today and hasn’t received a cash award.
Yesterday I talked about this with PM Modi, now the decision is in your hands, “he wrote on his Twitter page.
मुख्यमंत्री जप मुझे पैरा खिलाड़ी मानते है क्यों नहींार वर्ष कीे दर-दर कीे दर-र की ठोंक.
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https://t.co/bebaioita- Virender Singh.
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