Hyderabadi star Saina Nehwal who did India proud by winning many championships and Olympic bronze medal in Badminton expressed her anger after Sports Ministry rejected her application for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award this year citing norms. Badminton Association of India (BAI) earlier recommended Saina Nehwal’s name for the award to the Sports Ministry in August last year.
Sports Ministry however selected wrestler Sushil Kumar, two time Olympic medal winner. Saina who won Padmasri award in 2010 questioned why the same guidelines which are applied for her was not applied for Sushil Kumar.
Sports Ministry while rejecting Saina’s application mentioned the guidelines which say hat there needs to be a gap of five years between two Padma awards.Infact Sushil Kumar won Padmasrhi in 2011. Even earlier Telangana Govt chose to ignore Saina Nehwal, when it made Sania Mirza, the state’s brand ambassador.
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