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'I Think, I Deserve It', Manu Bhaker Tells Her Father After Khel Ratna Snub
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna: Snubbed by the Sports Ministry for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's biggest sports award, despite making history by winning two bronze medals in the Paris Olympic Games, ace pistol shooter Manu Bhaker has left the decision to the people of the country to make the final call on whether she deserves the award or not.
Controversy erupted after the committee to decide the national sports awards did not recommend her name and instead put forth the names of Indian hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh for the Khel Ratna Award, Manu's father Ram Kishan, exclusively told Telecom Asia Sport that she knows that she deserves the award but has left it for the country to decide
"I think I deserve it. Let the country decide," Manu was quoted as saying by her father in an exclusive interview with Telecom Asia Sport on Monday.
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