BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday awarded Rs 5 lakh Commonwealth Games medalist Divya Kakran, who is currently fighting the ruling AAP in Delhi and claims she received no support from the Kejriwal government during her training years in the city. Kakran, who won a bronze medal at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, tied a rakhi to Tiwari, who promised to lend her full support.
Kakran lives in the northeast of Delhi, which is represented by Tiwari in the Loksabha. The BJP MP visited the wrestler at her home in Gokalpuri in his constituency.
“I have come to my sister so that she can bind rakhi to me. As a brother, I will give her every support to make her shine and excel in her field,” Tiwari said after rewarding Kakran with Rs 5 lakh.
In response to a congratulatory tweet from AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the wrestler had said on August 7 that she was not getting any help from his government.
“Many thanks to the Chief Minister of Delhi for congratulating me on winning the medal. I have a request to you that I have been living in Delhi for the past 20 years and wrestling here, but I have no money or any help from got and rewarded the state government,” she had tweeted.
Kakran was attacked by some AAP lawmakers who claimed she was not representing Delhi and participating in sporting events on behalf of Uttar Pradesh.
The Delhi government claimed on Thursday that the wrestler was given financial support until 2017, the year she last played for the city.
The Delhi government’s education department under which sport falls had claimed that Kakran had received a cash aid of Rs 5,000 in 2010-11, Rs 10,000 in 2012-13, Rs 1 lakh in 2013-14 and Rs 42,000 each in 2014-15. . and 2016-17.
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“According to the records, Divya played for Delhi until the year 2016-17 and she was appropriately awarded a cash bonus based on her performance. The Wrestling Federation of India has confirmed that Divya Kakran has represented Uttar Pradesh since 2017,” it had said. .
Tiwari claimed that he will continue to help Kakran as he had in the past to help her hone her skills and also promised to support her until her justice was done.
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