Saina fires volley of tweets over Padma Bhushan snub

January 03, 2015 11:51

India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal took to Twitter to express her disappointment over the Padma Bhushan snub.

Slamming the Sports Ministry of India, the Hyderabad-based player -- in a volley of tweets -- wrote: 'I saw the news in Times of india about the Padma awards and I was really sad to see that my name was not sent to Ministry of home affairs by sports ministry of india.'

'I won the commonwealth games gold in 2010 and I m world number 4. As a player we feel good when we get such a great award and it motivates. I got the Padma Shri in 2010 and there is a policy that u can get the next Padma award only after 5 years and this year I completed my five years.'

'When I sent my file in 2014 for the Padma Bhushan award the ministry said u have to follow the rules and submit the application after 5 years. So my file got rejected last year and I again applied this year for the award. I read that (boxer) Sushil Kumar name is recommended by the sports ministry and he is not completed 5 years as a special case. But even iIwon the Olympic bronze medal in 2012 and won many titles in 2014."

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