Shocking snub of this Indian athlete from Khel Ratna nominees

According to the reports double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker has not been included in the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award A sports ministry source stated that the names are yet to be finalized and Manu Bhaker will likely be there in a weeks time when the confirmed list is outManu Bhaker became independent Indias first athlete to clinch two medals in a single edition of the Olympics She won bronze medals in the 10m air pistol event and the 10m air pistol mixed team eventReports of her omission from the national honours evoked shock with her family insisting that application was duly submittedThere is no final list of nominees at this point Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya will decide on the recommendations in a day or two and her name in all likelihood will be there in the final list a ministry source saidAlso ReadIND vs AUS Tests Know why Mohammed Shami cant play the last two TestsThe award selection committee is a 12member panel headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice V Ramasubramam It includes former athletes like womens hockey captain Rani Rampal among othersThe ministry norms allow athletes to selfnominate instead of relying on federations and other institutions for it The selection committee is however allowed to consider names which may not be among the applicantsWhile the ministry claimed that Bhaker did not apply for the award her father Ram Kishan Bhaker a chief engineer in Merchant Navy said the youngster had followed the due processThere is no worth of playing Olympic sports in India because despite winning two medals in an Olympics Manu has been ignored for the Khel Ratna award There is no point in playing and winning rewards for your country and in turn beg for recognition Ram Kishan told PTIShe had been applying for all awards say Khel Ratna Padma Shri Padma Bhushan for the last 23 years continuously and I have proof of that This time too I am confident she would have applied but I cant show anything as I am at sea right nowBut even if she hasnt the committee should consider her looking at her achievements he asserted He blamed bureaucracy for the messupWe form a committee but it is the bureaucrats who call the shots This is not how sports function he said It is learnt that the committee has recommended India hockey captain Harmanpreet Singhs name for Khel Ratna award who helped the country win its second consecutive Olympic bronze medal forAlso nominated for the honour is para athlete Praveen Kumar who won a gold in the mens high jump T64 class with an Asian record at Paris ParalympicsThe awards committee has recommended 30 athletes for Arjuna awards including 17 from para disciplinesWrestler Aman Sehrawat who won a bronze in the mens 57kg freestyle category and shooter Swapnil Kusale bronze medalwinner in the mens 50m rifle three position event along with Bhakers mixed team partner Sarabjot Singh have been recommended for the Arjuna awardMembers of the bronze medalwinning Indian hockey team Harmanpreet Singh Sanjay Rajkumar Pal Abhishek and one more player have been also recommended for the Arjuna awardWith PTI Inputs