'Bureaucrats call the shots,' Manu Bhakar's father says amid controversy over Khel Ratna nominations
Manu Bhaker from this year's Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award list, a senior source within the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has confirmed that the final list of nominees has not yet been decided.
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The official assured that Bhaker’s name is «likely» to feature when the list is revealed in the coming week.
In August, Bhaker made history by becoming the first Indian athlete to win two medals at a single Olympic Games, securing bronze in both the 10m air pistol individual and 10m air pistol mixed team events.
What's the controversy?
Reports suggested that Bhaker was excluded from the prestigious list of national awardees this year.
After the news broke, her family, including Bhaker's father, Ram Kishan Bhaker, a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy, insisted that the athlete had followed all the necessary procedures for nomination.
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