“The state government has made a decision to welcome Sindhu on a grand note on August 22”. She will then be brought in a procession to Gachibowli Stadium, where she will be felicitated. He said the state would also provide Group I officer’s job to the player.
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Though as per the sports policy announced by Telangana early this year, an Olympic silver medallist is entitled to a cash prize of Rs 1 crore, the Chief Minister announced a huge bonanza after the Andhra cabinet took a decision to give Rs 3 crore, house site and job to Sindhu.
“Telangana government has requested the bus for receiving them and carrying out a victory rally in Hyderabad today (Monday)”, a government spokesperson said.
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana government are prepping for a grand welcome to the badminton ace P V Sindhu.
The AP Cabinet, which met on Saturday, also chose to offer a Group-A job to Sindhu, in addition to the cash reward of Rs 3 crore and this was announced by the state Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at a press briefing in Vijayawada in the evening. The state government had also declared a cash prize of Rs. one crore for Pullela Gopichand. Both claim ownership over Sindhu, calling her “mana ammayi” (our girl).
Sindhu’s father Ramana is from Telangana’s Adilabad. Nearly all of them, as visual evidence, use the photograph of Sindhu participating in Bonalu, a festival indigenous to Telangana. Naidu and KCR can compete to score brownie points but at the end of the day, she is India’s daughter. Because whether it is Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, badminton player Saina Nehwal or Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj, they carry their Hyderabadi identity overseas, indirectly promoting the city and the state. Many even researched the champion’s caste, as her parents had a love marriage.
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Another ugly fallout of the Sindhu success story is that a campaign has started on social media, asking the Telangana government to replace Sania Mirza as the state’s brand ambassador with PV Sindhu.
