Watch LIVE: PV Sindhu’s Victory Rally In Vijayawada, Fans Welcome Her With 3km Long Flag
As Andhra & Telangana try to out do each other, #PVSindhu fans welcome her with 3km long flag #Vijayawada @CNNnews18 pic.twitter.com/P6NwjnpWkf
— SAKSHI KHANNA (@tweetsakshi) August 23, 2016
After enjoying a grand welcome in Hyderabad on Monday, Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu along with her coach Pullela Gopichand has begun her road rally from Gannavaram Airport to Indira Gandhi Stadium, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
A special aircraft was arranged to carry the star shuttler. Both Andhra Pradesh government and Telangana government have tried to take credit for Sindhu’s performance at Rio Olympics.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao offered cheque of Rs. 5 crore to the Olympian. He has also offered her a residential plot in Hyderabad and a government job.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will present her a Rs 3 crore cheque. Naidu had announced a thousand square feet of residential plot in Amaravati for Sindhu.
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#PVSindhu reaches #Vijayawada to a rousing reception #SindhuWinsSilver @iPVSindhu https://t.co/Tvr0NuqeG5 pic.twitter.com/ZYwhLbShx1
— Free Press Journal (@fpjindia) August 23, 2016
# The road show began from Gannavaram Airport and will end at Indira Gandhi Stadium, where star shuttler PV Sindhu and coach Gopichand will be felicitated.
Vijayawada (AP): Preparations for welcome ceremony for #Rio2016 Silver medallist #PVSindhu pic.twitter.com/QOotCJuiUf
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 23, 2016
As Andhra & Telangana try to out do each other, #PVSindhu fans welcome her with 3km long flag #Vijayawada @CNNnews18 pic.twitter.com/P6NwjnpWkf
— SAKSHI KHANNA (@tweetsakshi) August 23, 2016
#Rio2016 Silver medallist #PVSindhu‘s road show from Gannavaram Airport (Vijayawada, AP) to Indira Gandhi Stadium pic.twitter.com/akeZKxyKL7
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 23, 2016
Huge crowd gathered to greet #Rio2016 Silver medallist #PVSindhu at her road show from in Vijayawada, AP pic.twitter.com/8Bmn7ixb7f
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 23, 2016
Sindhu and Gopichand will also take a holy dip in Krishna river on the last day of 12-day long river festival “Krishna Pushkaralu”.