NEW DELHI: The sports ministry and double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker struck a conciliatory note on Tuesday over the latter's surprise exclusion from the list of recommended athletes for this year's Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. The snub to the shooter created a huge controversy, leading to severe criticism of the 12-member selection committee.
While Manu's father Ram Bhaker continued his tirade against the ministry and the committee for ignoring his daughter's credentials for the country's highest sporting honour with the shooter's personal coach Jaspal Rana, also joining the raging debate, the 22-year-old athlete caught in this storm broke her silence over the issue and admitted on Tuesday that there was a "lapse" on her part in filing the nomination.
