The Union Ministry of Sports is all set to include Hyderabadi ace shuttler Jwala Gutta in the controversial Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. The ministry had earlier twice denied Jwala and her partner Ashwini Ponnappa a place in the TOP scheme that offers financial and other assistance to the promising athletes who are also medal prospects at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Since several months, Jwala has been waging a war against the sports ministry, Badminton Academy of India’s (BAI) chief coach Gopichand and others and even appealed to the Telangana CM KCR, who wrote recently a letter to the Indian Prime Minister requesting to include Jwala and her doubles partner Ashwini in the TOP scheme.
Apart from KCR, even the Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, on the request of Ashwini Ponnappa, wrote a letter to the PM Modi yesterday and requested him to include the ace badminton champs into TOP scheme. Bowing to these many appeals, the sports ministry seems to have decided to include Jwala and Ashiwni’s names in the third list.
‘I am happy that we are set to be included now. It will motivate us further and help us better plan out preparation for Olympics,’ an excited Jwala said her selection.
Recent Random Post:
