Ashok Kumar, Former Indianhockey Captain, World Champion And Olympic Medalist, Said: “Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Had Signed On The Files And Subsequently We Were Informed By Then Sports Minister That Dada (Dhyan Chand) Would Be Conferred With Bharat Ratna. “However, The Decision Was Later Deferred. By Doing So, The Government Did Not Humiliate Us ... It Humiliated A National Icon
Indian sports legend and three times Olympic Champion Major Dhyan Chand’s Olympian son Ashok Kumar said that political considerations in selection of nominees for the Bharat Ratna has evaded his father and he has missed being decorated with the country’s highest civilian award.Speaking to the IANS, on the National Sports Day, celebrated on Dhyan Chand’s birth anniversary on August 29, the ace hockey forward said: “Awards are not sought. Awards are not desired. Awards are not begged....Awards are conferred by the government to those who deserve them.
“It is now for the government to decide and judge, whether they feel that Dhyan Chand deserves a Bharat Ratna.” Ashok Kumar, regarded as world’s best dribbler in hockey, post independence, and son of an unbeatable athlete in modern sports history, said that the country should not forget Dhyan Chand’s ultra-nationalistic character. “Despite the British rule, he (Dhyan Chand) had the courage to take a tri-colour flag in his suitcase to Berlin Oympics, held in 1936.
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