Sindhu receives Rs 5 crore cheque from Telangana CM

A day after being felicitated by Telangana government, Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu was today accorded a rousing welcome by the Andhra Pradesh government for her stupendous performance at the just-concluded Rio Games.

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mehmood Ali and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N. Chinnarajappa and ministers from the two states presented bouquets.

“The coach that she has right now (Gopichand) is also good but beyond that, we wish for her to get a gold from the next tournament”, he added.

Fans lined the 20 km route from the airport to the stadium to catch a glimpse of the star, who made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, after chairing a Cabinet meeting on Saturday said, “a grand welcome would be organised on her arrival in the city on August 22”. Besides KCR also offered the ace shuttler a government job, if she was willing to do.

The whole spat has not gone unnoticed as headlines like ‘Is Sindhu An Andhra Ammayi Or Telangana Bidda?

He also announced grant of 1,000 square yards at Amaravati and Group I job in the State government to Sindhu.

On her part, while thanking the AP government for the honour, Sindhu recalled her visits to the city as a child. Our name is world famous now because of her but Andhra Pradesh wants to steal her from us.

Chamudeswaranath, president of Hyderabad Badminton Association of India friend of Sachin Tendulkar, said, “Tendulkar will visit Hyderabad on August 28 to gift the vehicle to Sindhu”.

The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi announced Rs 2 crore for Sindhu and Rs 1 crore for Sakshi on Saturday.

The 23-year-old player may look like an ordinary girl while playing badminton but she is extremely glamorous off the field. They prayed for their daughter’s victory in the final. He later migrated to Hyderabad for his volleyball career and married Vijaya, also a volleyball player hailing from Vijayawada.