CM Naveen Patnaik announces Odisha government will sponsor Indian hockey team for next 10 years

Odisha Govt on Indian Hockey: The Odisha government has announced to sponsor the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams, which performed brilliantly in the Tokyo Olympics, for the next 10 years. CM Naveen Patnaik is very happy with the performance of hockey players in Tokyo Olympics and hence he has taken this decision. The Odisha government has been sponsoring Indian hockey teams since 2018.

CM shared pictures by tweeting
On Tuesday, the CM honored the players of both the teams. He shared some pictures of the ceremony on Twitter. The CM tweeted, “Happy to felicitate the Indian women’s and men’s hockey teams after their historic achievement in #Tokyo2020. Hockey Olympians are proud of their achievement. I wish this remarkable journey many others to take the sport to the next level.” Inspire them to adopt and illuminate the name of the country.”

Glad to felicitate the Indian Women’s and Men’s Hockey teams after their historic feat in #Tokyo2020. Proud of the Hockey Olympians for their achievement. May the remarkable journey inspire many others to embrace sports and bring laurels for the country. #OdishaWelcomesOlympians pic.twitter.com/HSg4ZQfduK

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) August 17, 2021

“Our teams created history with their best performance in the Tokyo Olympics,” Patnaik said after handing over a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh to each player. announced. He said, “We in Odisha are excited that our partnership with Hockey India has made the country this splendid achievement. I believe that Odisha and Hockey are made to be synonymous with each other. We will continue our partnership with Hockey India. Odisha will continue to support the Indian hockey teams for the next 10 years.

On this occasion, both the teams presented the players’ signature jerseys to the Chief Minister. Patnaik also felicitated Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra for giving a new direction to the sport during his tenure at Hockey India. A grand welcome was given to the players in Odisha. The Sports Minister of the state himself reached Bhubaneswar airport to pick up the players. Posters, banners and hoardings were put up across the city to welcome the players. The players were welcomed with flowers and tika. Not only this, when the players were going for the CM’s program, there was a crowd of people on both sides of the road.

Hockey team captain praised CM

Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh on Tuesday said that his bronze medal won at the Tokyo Olympics is a gift to the nation from Odisha Chief Minister and a staunch supporter of the sport, Naveen Patnaik. Manpreet said, “As a player, we may have won a bronze medal, but the truth is that it is India’s medal. This is a gift to the nation from Hon’ble Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, with whose vision and encouragement we have been able to fulfill our dream of winning an Olympic medal after 41 years.

The Indian men’s hockey team created history by winning the bronze medal after 41 years while performing brilliantly in the Tokyo Olympics. Apart from this, the women’s hockey team also performed brilliantly, but missed out on the medal. Indian hockey teams in the country and in the world had made headlines with their excellent performance. All the celebrities including Prime Minister Narendra Modi had praised the game of hockey teams and wished them good luck for the future.

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