NEW DELHI: After a five-month long wait, Olympic-bound boxer Simranjit Kaur has finally received the promised cash reward of Rs. 5 lakh from the Punjab government for qualifying for the Olympic Games. But the 2018 World Championship bronze medallist is yet to get the job promised by the Chief Minister before she had qualified for the Olympics.
Speaking to IANS, Punjab sports minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Tuesday said that he met Simranjit's mother Rajpal Kaur in Ludhiana and handed over the cheque to her.
"I personally met her mother in Ludhiana today, and couldn't get a chance to meet Simranjit since she is currently training in a national camp in Patiala. I will also meet her soon. I have handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to Rajpal Kaur and assured her that Simranjit would get a government job as well," Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi said. IANS