Naveen Congratulates Pramod Bhagat on Being Selected for ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated Odisha’s ace shuttler and Paralympics Gold medalist Pramod Bhagat on being selected to be conferred with the highest sporting honour of India, ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ for 2021.

Congratulate #Odisha‘s ace shuttler and #Tokyo2020 Paralympics Gold medalist @PramodBhagat83 on being selected to be conferred with the highest sporting honour of India, Major Dhyanchand #KhelRatnaAward. Wish him all the very best for future.

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) November 2, 2021

The ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of previous four years.

Bhagat is among the 12 sportspersons to be given the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021.

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, silver medal-winning wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, and Paralympic Games medallists Avani Lekhara, Krishna Nagar, Sumit Antil, and Manish Narwal were among a dozen awarded the prestigious award.