Don't be content with silver medal, aim for gold next time, Shah tells Chanu

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday felicitated Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu here for bringing laurels to the country in weightlifting and exhorted her not to be content with the silver medal and to aim for gold next timeThe 27yearold sportsperson appointed as an additional superintendent of police in her home state Manipur after the recent win at the summer games was honoured during the 51st Raising Day celebrations of the Bureau of Police Research and Development BPRampD a central government think tankShah presented the athlete with a shawl and mementoHe said Chanu brought honour for the country by winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympic games and is now a proud member of the police forceI thank her for her hardwork and dedication the home minister addedWhen I met her on the stage to honour her I wished her success Everyone from the prime minister of the country to the common man has applauded her and rejoiced in her victoryAlso read Mirabai Chanu Urge everyone to support girls who want to enter field of sportsI want to tell her that she should not be content with a silver medal but should now aim for a gold The entire country is waiting for it Shah saidHe acknowledged the struggles undertaken by Chanu mentioning that she used to take lift in trucks to reach the place where she trainedShah said much more needed to be done for athletes in terms of providing them facilitiesThe BPRampD had earlier said that this honour for the Olympic winner was a small gesture to welcome her to the fraternity on behalf of the Indian policeChanu had clinched a silver medal in the 49kg category weightlifting that opened Indias account at the recentlyconcluded Tokyo Olympics India won a total of seven medals at these gamesThe home minister also gave away trophies and medals for excellence in training to winner statesunion territories and central police organisations and forces and seven authors who wrote on policing subjects in HindiThe BPRampD an organisation under the Ministry of Home Affairs was founded in August 1970This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever