“Will Cook For Them”: Amarinder Singh’s Dinner Invite For Olympic Heroes

The Olympic Games medal winners and participants from Punjab were felicitated at a ceremony with cash awards and offered government jobs.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh honoured Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and other Tokyo Games stars from Punjab at a grand ceremony in Chandigarh on Thursday and invited them to dinner, promising to cook for them himself.

“I am not too fond of eating but I do like cooking quite a bit. I will cook for all of you… All medallists will also be offered jobs by the Punjab government. We will have schools and roads named after you,” he said.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1425851745691860996&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Famarinder-singhs-dinner-invite-for-olympic-heroes-will-cook-for-them-2509171&sessionId=4b738957c646e48d59381583775be517d5ed7b5f&siteScreenName=ndtv&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=550px

Happy to meet our Olympic superstars during the felicitation ceremony this evening. Have promised them that I will cook for them and will host them for dinner soon. India is proud of all of them. ???????? pic.twitter.com/UoVxKpEZr6— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 12, 2021

The Olympic Games medal winners and participants from Punjab were felicitated with cash awards worth over ₹ 32 crore by the Chief Minister, according to news agency PTI.

Neeraj Chopra, who is from Haryana but has roots in Punjab, was presented with a cash reward of ₹ 2.51 crore, up from an earlier announcement of ₹ 2 crore.

Cash rewards for 11 players from the state, who were part of the Indian hockey team which won the bronze medal after 41 years, was also increased from ₹ 1 crore to ₹ 2.51 crore each, Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi said.

Led by Manpreet Singh, the Indian hockey team has a number of players from the state including vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Simranjit Singh, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar, Dilpreet Singh, Hardik Singh and Krishan Pathak.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh honoured Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and other Tokyo Games stars from Punjab at a grand ceremony in Chandigarh on Thursday and invited them to dinner, promising to cook for them himself.

“I am not too fond of eating but I do like cooking quite a bit. I will cook for all of you… All medallists will also be offered jobs by the Punjab government. We will have schools and roads named after you,” he said.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1425851745691860996&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Findia-news%2Famarinder-singhs-dinner-invite-for-olympic-heroes-will-cook-for-them-2509171&sessionId=4b738957c646e48d59381583775be517d5ed7b5f&siteScreenName=ndtv&theme=light&widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&width=550px

Happy to meet our Olympic superstars during the felicitation ceremony this evening. Have promised them that I will cook for them and will host them for dinner soon. India is proud of all of them. ???????? pic.twitter.com/UoVxKpEZr6— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 12, 2021

The Olympic Games medal winners and participants from Punjab were felicitated with cash awards worth over ₹ 32 crore by the Chief Minister, according to news agency PTI.

Neeraj Chopra, who is from Haryana but has roots in Punjab, was presented with a cash reward of ₹ 2.51 crore, up from an earlier announcement of ₹ 2 crore.

Cash rewards for 11 players from the state, who were part of the Indian hockey team which won the bronze medal after 41 years, was also increased from ₹ 1 crore to ₹ 2.51 crore each, Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi said.

Led by Manpreet Singh, the Indian hockey team has a number of players from the state including vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Simranjit Singh, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar, Dilpreet Singh, Hardik Singh and Krishan Pathak.Boxer Simranjit Kaur, shooters Anjum Moudgill and Angadveer Singh, athletes Tejinder Pal Singh Toor and Gurpreet Singh and paralympic badminton player Palak Kohli were given ₹ 21 lakh each.