Sakshi Malik named ambassador for 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' programme
Sakshi arrived in Delhi from Rio de Janeiro to a grand welcome early on Wednesday morning, before travelling to Bahadurgarh.

Sakshi arrived in Delhi from Rio de Janeiro to a grand welcome early on Wednesday morning, before travelling to Bahadurgarh.
New Delhi: Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik was on Wednesday felicitated by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Bahadurgarh city of Haryana.
Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik arrived in Delhi from Rio de Janeiro to a grand welcome early on Wednesday morning. There will be another reception for the wrestler at Bahadurgarh and at her village Mokhra Khas in Rohtak district on Wednesday.
According to reports, Malik said she was amazed at the reception she received on landing at Delhi airport.
“Poore Hindustan ne mera saath diya hai, main sab ko thank you kehna chahti hun (The whole country has supported me, I want to thank everyone for it),” Malik said.
“Aa rahi hoon main, apne des apne ghar! (I am coming back, to my country, to my home),” Sakshi tweeted earlier on Tuesday.
She also posted pictures of a sumptuous breakfast which she had in Rio. “A proper breakfast! How I have missed you!,” she tweeted.
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Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar will felicitate Sakshi at Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district. Apart from this, five ministers of the BJP government in Haryana were expected to be at Delhi airport when her flight arrived at 3:50 am. It is not clear whether the ministers were indeed present.
Haryana sports minister Anil Vij accompanied Sakshi on her return flight.
A cash award of Rs 2.5 crore might be presented to Sakshi by CM Khattar once she reaches Bahadurgarh, said reports.
A felicitation function for Sakshi has been scheduled for Wednesday evening at her village in Rohtak. But between Bahadurgarh and Rohtak, Sakshi will make a few stops along some villages on the way. Significantly, she will stop at Ismaila village where her maternal uncle lives, said reports. Several village sarpanches along the way have requested that the wrestler stop over.
Sakshi became the first woman wrestler in India to win an Olympic medal with her bronze in the 58kg freestyle event at Rio earlier this month.
India’s other medallist, silver-medal winning badminton player PV Sindhu, has already received a grand homecoming, first from the Telangana government and then from the Andhra Pradesh government. (This article first appeared in Deccan Chronicle)