Bhupinder Singh Hooda felicitates Olympic medallist Aman Sehrawat

Chandigarh, August 20

Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said when the Congress government is formed in the state, the “Get Medal-Get Post’ policy will be implemented again for the players. Also, a 3 per cent quota will be implemented in jobs for the players and they will be appointed on higher posts.

Hooda said this after meeting Olympic medallist wrestler Aman Sehrawat. The former CM and MP Deepender Hooda welcomed Aman Sehrawat at their residence and felicitated him. He said Aman has made not only Haryana but the entire country proud by winning the medal.

After the meeting, Hooda said the government should not be negligent in giving positions, respect and rewards to the players. “The Congress had given appointments to players on senior posts such as DSP under the ‘Bring medals, get post’ policy. But the BJP stopped this policy as soon as it came to power and took away the right of appointment to high posts from the players. The BJP is discriminating against the players to such an extent that it has not given promotion to the players who became DSPs during the Congress tenure to date,” he said.

Hooda said during the Congress government, more than 750 players got appointments on DSP, Inspector, Sub-Inspector and other government posts. “For the first time in the country, players were given cash prizes up to Rs 5 crore,” he said.

“This created a positive atmosphere for sports in the state. Even small children started dreaming of winning medals and parents started telling their children: ‘Play, bring medals, the government will make you DSP’. Due to this, Haryana became a hub of sports and 40-50% of the medals received by the country started coming from this small state,” he added.