Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 lakhs to financially distressed Wushu player from Haryana

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, July 30

Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has sanctioned an amount of Rs 5 lakh for Shiksha, a financially distressed national Wushu champion from Rohtak.

The Tribune had carried a news report on July 11, mentioning that the national Wushu champion girl has been forced to work as a farm labourer at her village Indergarh in Rohtak district to support her family.

Shiksha has also been helping her mother, who works as a labourer under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

“I am highly thankful to the Union Minister, Kiren Rijiju, for the kind gesture. I am also grateful to The Tribune newspaper which voiced my concern and took it to the topmost level. I promise to give my best and bring laurels to the country at the international level,” said Shiksha.

The Wushu champion said after the publication of the said news report in these columns, the district sports authorities have also started pursuing her case for the release of her due cash awards from the state government.

“We are pursuing her case and she will get her due cash awards at the earliest,” said District Sports Officer Sukhbir Singh.

A national champion in Wushu and Kickboxing, Shiksha is pursuing BSc (Sports Science) course at Maharani Kishori Jat Kanya Mahavidyala in Rohtak.

Shiksha has won two gold medals and a bronze medal in All-India Inter-University Kickboxing championships, two silver medals in All-India Inter-University Wushu championships and 24 gold medals in state Wushu championships.