Mann Ki Baat : PM Modi salutes the struggle of Gold Medalists L Dhanush and Kajol Sargar

Mann Ki Baat : Under the Mann Ki Baat program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi named gold medalists L Dhanush and Kajol Sargar in ‘Khelo India Youth Games’. The financial condition of these two players is not good. PM Modi saluted his struggle. Dhanush and Kajol were successful in winning gold medals in weightlifting in ‘Khelo India Youth Games’.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the people of the country on the radio on 26 June under ‘Mann Ki Baat’. This was the 90th episode of this program. PM Modi connects with the people of the country through the program ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on the last Sunday of every month. During this, the Prime Minister made a special mention of L Dhanush and Kajol Sargar, who won gold medals in weightlifting in the ‘Khelo India Youth Games’.

Dhanush won the gold medal in the boys’ 49 kg weight category at the Khelo India Youth Games. Whereas in the girls’ 40 kg weight category, Kajol won the gold medal. The financial condition of these two players is not good.

PM Modi said during Mann Ki Baat, the father of L Dhanush, who won gold medal in weightlifting, is a carpenter in Chennai. While Kajol Sargar’s father, who belongs to Sangli in Maharashtra, sells tea. Apart from helping her father, Kajol practices weightlifting.

L Dhanush has done a great job at a very young age. He won the gold medal in the Youth Nationals last year. Then he lifted a total of 184 kg. At the same time, in ‘Khelo India Youth Games’, he won the gold medal by lifting 190 kg. Dhanush lifted 102 kg in snatch and 191 kg in clean and jerk.

Kajol’s father sells tea
Like L Dhanush, the financial condition of Kajol Sargar’s father is not good. But the father left no stone unturned to fulfill his daughter’s dreams. Kajol’s father, a resident of Sangli, Maharashtra, sells tea. Kajol won the gold medal in the 40 kg event at the Khelo India Youth Games. During this he lifted 113 kg. He lifted 50 kg in snatch and 63 kg in clean and jerk.