Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar on Sunday said that giving due honour to the sports and sportspersons is the priority of the State Government.
Haryana is the land of sportspersons and the sportspersons from the State are leading in the country in terms on winning medals, Dhankar said while speaking after inaugurating a marathon organised at Jhajjar.
He said that the sportspersons of district Jhajjar has been leading in terms of winning medals. He said that youth should follow sportspersons such as Bajrang Punia, Manu Bhaker, Dushyant Chauhan and Sombir. All of them belong to Jhajjar, he added.
The Minister congratulated wrestler Bajrang Punia for bagging number one position in the world.
He said that Bajrang Punia has brought laurels to his native village Khuddan, Badli Assembly Constituency, district Jhajjar and the country.
