A grand welcome awaits the Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik when she arrives home on Wednesday, with hectic preparations underway to give her a rousing reception at her village Mokhra Khas in Rohtak district.
When Sakshi touches down at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi at around 3:50 am, as many as five ministers of the BJP Government in Haryana will be there to receive her.
Among the ministers who will be there to receive her include Kavita Jain, Rao Narbir Singh, Manish Grover and Vipul Goel.
Haryana’s Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij, who was present in Rio as head of state delegation, will accompany Sakshi on the return flight.
She also posted a picture of her having a sumptuous breakfast in Rio.
Meanwhile, giving details of the grand reception planned for Sakshi, Director of Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Haryana, Jagdeep Singh Sheoran said:
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will travel to Sakshi’s village in Rohtak tomorrow where a grand felicitation function, in which we are expecting a public gathering of over 30,000, has been kept. Over there Sakshi will be honoured with a cash award of Rs 2.5 crore for her bronze medal effort by the state government.Jagdeep Singh Sheoran, Director of Sports and Youth Affairs Department
Before she heads to Rohtak, Sakshi will be welcomed near the Delhi-Haryana border at Bahadurgarh where prominent sportspersons, senior officials of the state government, will receive her.
Along the way, Sakshi will make brief stopovers at a couple of villages in Rohtak district including Ismaila village where she will meet her maternal uncle.
With requests from several village Sarpanches requesting that Sakshi make a brief stopover along the way, the wrestler may take hours before she manages to reach Rohtak.
She will travel in a bedecked vehicle.
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