PTI
Chandigarh, August 23: A grand welcome awaits Rio Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik when she arrives home Wednesday, with preparations underway to give her a rousing reception at Bahadurgarh and at her village Mokhra Khas in Rohtak district.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who was earlier scheduled to honour the wrestler at her village, will felicitate her at Bahadurgarh at Jhajjar district, a senior officer of the state’s sports and youth affairs department said here Tuesday.
When Sakshi touches down at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi at around 3:50 am, five ministers of the BJP Government in Haryana will be there to receive her. 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.
“Aa rahi hoon main, apne des apne ghar! (I am coming back, to my country, to my home),” Sakshi tweeted earlier Tuesday. She also posted on twitter the pictures of sumptuous breakfast which she had in Rio. “A proper breakfast! How I have missed you!,” she tweeted.
Sources stated that the chief minister is planning to hand over the Rs 2.5 crore to Sakshi at Bahadurgarh itself. A felicitation function for Sakshi has also been kept for Wednesday evening at her village in Rohtak.
