Asian Games 2018: As praise and prizes pour in for Sarita Gaekwad, family waits for BPL card

Sarita Gaekwad, the female who as soon as ran barefoot is now gold medallist The important profession of the 700 humans of Karadiamba village is farming. Likewise, Laxmanbhai grows rice, nagli (finger millet) and toor on his one acre land, which he shares together with his brothers. While Laxmanbhai and his wife are each illiterate, they directed all their income in the direction of the training of their four kids. Sarita is a 2nd-12 months student at the Arts and Commerce College at Chikhli in Navsari district. Talking to The Indian Express on Friday, Laxmanbhai said, "We have worked hard toward the schooling of our kids. I even have an acre of land wherein I work together with my wife. That is our only source of profits with which we added up our three children. My eldest daughter additionally helped me with the aid of giving tuitions. We needed to borrow money from our loved ones to get our eldest daughter married. We don't actually have a bank account." "So it became like a dream come real while Sarita won the race. I felt proud of all the hard paintings," he added. Daksha stated, "Sarita is the youngest amongst us. We all sat in the front of tv and while her crew gained, the excitement was such that all of us danced to celebrate. Even sarpanch Kalaben Bhoye and her husband Harshad Bhoye got here to congratulate us." "We have now not spoken to Sarita for the reason that the day before today (Thursday), but on every occasion she is loose she will be able to call us. She hasn't visited home for the reason that May 2018, due to her busy time table in schooling," Sarita's father stated. Sarita's win and reputation with the aid of the kingdom authorities has improved the hopes of the circle of relatives for getting the BPL card. "It has been a 12 months in view that my father implemented for a BPL card. But to date the officials have only been delaying the technique mentioning exceptional excuses. We stay in a mud house with naked requirements. We do not even have a motorcycle. The only supply of our own family's earnings is agriculture. My father has been knocking on doors and approaching political leaders however in useless. Now we've determined that once Sarita comes home, my father will take her to the government office to get BPL card." On Friday, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani introduced a Rs 1 crore talent award for Sarita. An respectable launch quoted him as crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who as Gujarat leader minister commenced the Khel Mahakumb to realise sports skills. Meanwhile, Shivendra Gupta, the vice-chancellor of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University introduced that Sarita could be the college's logo ambassador and introduced Rs 2 lakh cash award from the college. Gupta stated, "The cause for making Sarita our logo ambassador is that she comes from a humble history. Her achievement at the Asian Games will encourage different students to paintings hard." On Friday morning, Dang Congress MLA Mangal Gavit and different political leaders from BJP and Congress congratulated Sarita's circle of relatives on her success. Dailyhunt https://www.pearltrees.com/sumaanthnath

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