Harmanpreet's family (father in yellow turban) watching India-England final match in their home at Moga on Sunday
Calls up her father to congratulate on Harmanpreet’s performance
Amarinder promises to review sports policy for jobs to star performers like her
Was denied job by erstwhile Badal government
Amarinder promises DSP's post to cricketer Harmanpreet, family thankful
By Raju William
Chandigarh/Moga, July 23, 2017: Reacting to the promise of a post of DSP in Punjab Police for cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday, her family said they would be happy to have their daughter do a job in her home state.
“We are thankful to the Chief Minister for being kind enough to promise job for our daughter. Harmanpreet too is keen to work in the state and stay with us,” her father Harmander Singh told babushahi.com.
He was also full of praise for the CM talked with Harmander Singh over phone today and congratulated the family on their daughter’s heroics on the cricket field.
“Harmanpreet often talks about having a job in Punjab whenever she talks to us over phone while on playing assignments in the country and abroad,” added her father.
Quoting her father, babushahi.com had, in its previous story today, highlighted, denial of job to Harmanpreet by the Badal government.
The Chief Minister told her father that if his daughter was still keen on a government job, he would look into a change in the sports policy to provide the same to her.
He flayed the previous Badal government’s blunt dismissal of Harmanpreet’s request for a police job to make both ends meet when she was at the start of her career
He has already announced a Rs 5 lakh cash award for Harmanpreet.
Captain Amarinder told Harmandar that his government was committed to the promotion of sports in the state. All steps would be taken to ensure the welfare of sportspersons who were contributing to the state’s glory with their grit and hard work, he added.
The Chief Minister lauded Harmanpreet’s score of 171 not out of 115 balls in the world cup cricket semi-final, thereby becoming the second highest scorer in women cricket and steering India into the finals of world cup.
Wishing the best to Harmanpreet for the final match between India and England, the Chief Minister hoped that she would continue to bring pride to the country with her continuing brilliance in performance.
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