Manu Bhaker’s identify reportedly absent from nominees checklist for Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award

India’s two-time
Paris Olympics medallist Manu Bhaker’s identify is reportedly absent from the checklist of sportspersons nominated for the Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. In accordance with a report within the Instances of India, the sports activities ministry has knowledgeable that the Indian shooter didn’t apply for the award.

Nevertheless, Manu’s household stated that she had submitted her software for the award. Ought to an athlete not register for an award, the choice committee can take a suo moto cognizance primarily based on her sporting achievements, however the committee haven’t executed so until now.

In 2023, India pacer Mohammed Shami had not utilized for the Arjuna award however was nominated after the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) requested. The Nationwide Sports activities Day awards committee had taken suo moto cognizance in Shami’s case. Manu,
who received two bronze medals at Paris Olympics, had earlier posted a message on social media asking followers if she deserved the Khel Ratna award.

“Inform me, Do I deserve Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award? Thank You,” she had posted. Nevertheless, she quickly deleted that publish after receiving backlash from her followers. Bhaker had received bronze medals within the
girls’s 10m particular person air pistol occasion and the combined 10m air pistol workforce occasion, teaming up with Sarabjot Singh.

Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar amongst sportspersons nominated 

Sportspersons who’ve been nominated for the Khel Ratna award embody India males’s hockey workforce captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympic gold medallist Praveen Kumar. Aman Sehrawat, the wrestler who received bronze in Paris Olympics, Olympic shooters Swapnil Kusale and Sarabjot Singh and several other para-athletes together with Navdeep Singh and Dharambir have been nominated for the Arjuna award. Others nominated for the Arjuna awad embody males’s hockey gamers like Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek Nain, Rajkumar Pal, Sanjay rana and Jarmanpreet Singh.