STATE TIMES NEWS
NEW DELHI: Dipa Karmakar, the 22 year old Tripura girl, who has achieved the distinction of becoming the first – ever female Indian Gymnast to qualify for Olympics by recording a score of 52.698 points, called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh here to seek his best wishes for the upcoming Olympic Games in which she is going to participate. Congratulating Dipa for her exclusive feat, Dr Jitendra said, the entire nation is feeling proud of her and he personally takes it as a special pride because Dipa has achieved this distinction at a time when he happens to be the Minister incharge of North-East.
He said, Dipa has set an example, not only for girls across India but for the entire world by opting for a sport which is not only difficult but also involves lot of physical hardwork and risk-taking capacity.
Dipa Kamakar was also accompanied by her Coach, Bisbeshwar Nandi, who said, Dipa had worked very hard to achieve this distinction ever since she was just 5 years of age. Uptil now, she has won as many as 77 medals including 67 gold in various international, national and State-level championships, he said.
Dr Jitendra assured Dipa Karmakar of all kind of help from the government side to help her achieve her goal in the Olympics and also to perform to the maximum of her potential.
