Sportsmen demand Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand

Visakhapatnam: The biggest tribute Indian youth can pay to the wizard of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand would be to bring back the India’s past glory in the national game hockey and the Union government confer the country’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, on Dhyan Chand, felt sports fraternity in Vizag.

Marking the National Sports Day (August 29) on the birth anniversary of late hockey maestro Dhyan Chand, students of Andhra University and other colleges and several sports associations of The Olympic Association, Visakhapatnam, District Sports Authority, Visakhapatnam, took out a rally from YMCA on RK Beach Road to the Statue of Dhyan Chand at Andhra University Golden Jubilee Ground organised by The Olympic Association in association with various organisations on Saturday.

Visakha West MLA P.V.G.R. Naidu flagged off the rally on Beach Road and the rally concluded at AU campus. Mr Naidu garlanded the statue of Dhyan Chand.

President of Olympic Association T.S.R. Prasad, president of AP Volleyball Association S Kodanda-ramiah, Olympian M.V. Manikyalu, I. Venkatesw-ara Rao, boxing coach and Dronacharya Awardee and many other sports personalities and budding sports persons opined that Dhyan Chand was all time great sports person of India who contributed immensely to our national game Hockey and must be awarded Bharat Ratna.