Indian ladies’s Hockey workforce’s Poonam Rani on Sunday expressed disappointment with this yr’s Arjuna Award announcement and raised query over being ”ignored” for the accolade. “I’m making an attempt for the Arjuna Award for the final three years. All of my fellow gamers have obtained it however I’m being ignored. I really feel dangerous as a result of I’m additionally one of many gamers who work exhausting and carry out for the nation. If I haven’t got an method, it doesn’t suggest I can not be conferred with Arjuna Award,” Rani advised ANI.
Hockey gamers Deepika and Akashdeep Singh have been chosen for this yr’s Arjuna Award. As many as 27 athletes have been chosen to obtain the Arjuna Award this yr. Additionally, Indian ladies’s hockey workforce captain Rani Rampal might be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
Rani additionally feels that the Nationwide Sports activities Awards Choice Committee will not be “enjoying truthful” and there may be “favoritism”.
“I feel that there’s favoritism and the committee will not be enjoying truthful as a result of, for the previous three years, my title is being ignored. Getting a medal in a workforce sport will not be a simple job. The gamers who have gotten the award, I’m joyful for them however the committee ought to have advisable different deserving gamers as effectively,” she stated.
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Arjuna Award is an honour bestowed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities to recognise the achievement of athletes. The award carries a money prize, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll.
“I feel the variety of awards in workforce video games needs to be elevated in order that good gamers may obtain the awards. I’m additionally one of many gamers of the workforce that has performed many tournaments. Others have gotten the award however not me. I’m additionally deserving, why I’m being ignored?” Rani added.
