Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao congratulated India’s star shuttler P.V. Sindhu for winning the silver medal in Rio Olympics.
In his message, the Chief Minister hailed Sindhu’s victory and described her as the pride of India, especially Telangana. He also appreciated the efforts of Sindhu’s coach Pullela Gopichand.
Sports minister T. Padma Rao met Sindhu in Rio and congratulated her on her historic feat.
PV Sindhu lauded with gifts:
Badminton Association of India too announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh for Sindhu and Rs 10 lakh for Gopichand. The All India Football Federation also awarded Rs 5 lakh each for both Sindhu and Sakshi Malik.
Telangana government will give a cash prize of Rs. 1 crore to Sindhu.
Under the new sports policy announced by the state government early this year, a gold medalist at Olympics is entitled for cash prize of Rs. 2 crore, while a silver medal winner gets Rs. 1 crore. A bronze medalist will get Rs. 50 lakh.
Minister for Information Technology K.T. Rama Rao took to Twitter to congratulate Sindhu. “It ain’t a loss @Pvsindhu1 when you’ve just won a billion hearts & possibly created a generation of hopeful Olympic champs, cheers Gopi,” he tweeted.