On Sunday, Aug 7th, Divya Kakran, the Indian wrestler who won a bronze medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022, shared a tweet saying how she hasn’t been given any prize money to date by the Delhi government with her comments on Arvind Kejriwal viral
Divya shared this tweet in response to the congratulatory tweet of Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal.
Divya Kakran Reveals AAP Delhi Government Offered Her No Help For 4 Years, Refused To Take Calls After Winning CWG 2022 Bronze Medal, Comments On Arvind Kejriwal Viral On Twitter
मेडल की बधाई देने पर दिल्ली के माननीय मुख्यमंत्री जी को तहे दिल से धन्यवाद मेराआपसे एक निवेदन है की मै पिछले 20 साल से दिल्ली मे रह रही हू ओर यही अपने खेल कुश्ती का अभ्यास कर रही हू परंतुअब तक मुझे राज्य सरकारसे किसी तरह की कोई इनाम राशि नही दी गई न कोई मदद दी गई @ArvindKejriwal
— Divya kakran (@DivyaWrestler) August 7, 2022
I won a medal at Commonwealth Games&you told me I will receive more help in future,but my calls were not answered later. Good you are congratulating and rewarding us today but no support was given when we needed most: Bronze medalist at Asian Games Divya Kakran to Delhi CM (4.9) pic.twitter.com/3wo7vlwmI4
— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2018
CWG Bronze Medalist Divya Kakran criticizes Arvind Kejriwal for not giving basic facilities to Delhi's athletes. No support system from State govt.
Now, it is the moral responsibility of @zoo_bear to proof that Divya is Sanghi & Planter by BJP.
— Farrago Abdullah (@abdullah_0mar) August 7, 2022
Dear @DivyaWrestler #ArvindKejriwal doesn't know that you live in Delhi. Just the way no Dilliwala knows where that "Sports University" of Kejriwal is.
Very likely that "Dilli Ka Malik" might even say that you don't live in Delhi.
BTW, is there a file on that Univ? A document? https://t.co/GgVEdpiLhx— DoubleTalk (@shashi_talk) August 8, 2022
2018- #DivyaKakran seeked help from Arvind Kejriwal after winning Asian Games Bronze in 2018
2022- 4 years later still she is asking help from #ArvindKejriwal after winning CWG 2022 Bronze
This is how we treat our athletes and we expect gold medal from them at Olympics pic.twitter.com/XPrUiSzwDv
— PoliticsSolitics (@IamPolSol) August 7, 2022
Gujarat, you need to listen this 👇#ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/8ZkrcPQwSb
— PoliticsSolitics (@IamPolSol) August 6, 2022
#Bharwa_Kejriwal #BharatTrustModiJi #ArvindKejriwal All Arvind Kejriwal did over the years is peddled endless lies … He should be thrown out of power 🤬🤬 pic.twitter.com/7bkqTxsBm7
— LonerMonkey ↙️ (@lonermonkeyy) July 24, 2022
Delhi ki Janta from #ArvindKejriwal
Expectation Reality pic.twitter.com/zO5YVViGQ8
— Stranger (@amarDgreat) August 7, 2022
She penned down, “Heartfelt thanks to Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi for congratulating me on the medal.
“My only request to you is that I should be honored in the same way as other players, who despite being from Delhi play from other states, are honored”.
Who’s Divya Kakran?
Divya Kakran comes from a humble family, her mother used to sew “Langots” and her father used to sell those to earn livelihood. Rising from such difficult situations, she managed to win a bronze medal in Commonwealth Games 2015 and a gold medal in Asian Games 2018 making every Indian proud.
Earlier, on Saturday, Aug 6, Capital’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal congratulated all the players including the 23-year-old wrestler who won bronze in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
He said, “Bravo wrestlers. Our wrestlers have made a mark in the Commonwealth Games. In wrestling, India got a total of 6 medals in a single day, out of which 3 are gold.
Many congratulations to Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia for their gold and Divya Kakran and Mohit Grewal for bronze medals”.
Delhi Government’s History of Poor Support to the Athletes
Though, it’s not the first time when Divya has criticized the Delhi government on their negligent approach towards sportspersons.
Back in 2018, when she won gold medal in Asian games, she had complained about the Delhi government’s lack of support for sportspersons.
At that time she was seen saying, “Didn’t we have any ‘jugaad’? And I have brought a bronze medal for the country at the age of 19 in these Commonwealth Championship matches and in the Commonwealth Games 2018 too.
“I have won 12 gold medals for Delhi at senior-level championships. When I won a gold medal in the Asian Games, at that time also, nothing was done for me. It is very difficult to reach where I am starting from where I come from”.
Though she criticized the government yet she showed her gratitude towards her coach as she said she is very lucky to have a coach.
She said, “Our coach has done so much for us. I am a very lucky girl. He left his job and ensured that I stood on the mat to wrestle. I could not afford to have a healthy diet.
“I asked you for the help we needed at the time of the Asian Games. You told us to kindly write to us about the same. I gave everything in writing. But what happened after that? Nobody received my call”.
She didn’t stop there. She went on to compare the sports culture between Haryana and Delhi as she said, “Remember that Delhi has got a very less number of medals. Go and see how many medals are there with Haryana because they got the state support.
“A budget of Rs 3 crore is a huge amount, Sir. Delhi has sanctioned Rs 1 crore after this win. Earlier we had Rs 20 lakhs. Look at our hard work and hardships. Nothing happens in those 20 lakhs.
:In Haryana, no one tells the athletes that we don’t have milk and we don’t have ghee. We even have milk and ghee here in Delhi and we are also equally inspired.”
Speaking of her achievements, Divya Kakran won the Bharat Kesari title back in 2018. She had secured that spot in the finals by defeating Legendary wrestler Geeta Phogat.