Assam CM offers DSP post to Lovlina Borgohain

The Assam government on Thursday felicitated Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain. During a felicitation programme in Guwahati chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma requested the star India boxer to join Assam Police as a DSP. Sarma further said that the Assam government will give Lovlina a monthly financial aid of Rs 1 lakh till Paris Olympics. Sarma went on to add that a Rs 25 crore sporting complex will be built in Saupathar in Golaghat district of Assam in Lovlina Borgohain's name. Borgohain arrived in Guwahati on Thursday with a warm welcome as Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received her at the airport. Borgohain, who clinched the welterweight (69kg) bronze, was then felicitated by the state government in the afternoon. Sarma was accompanied by Sports Minister Bimal Borah.

With pride & glory, I welcomed our star Olympian medalist @LovlinaBorgohai at Guwahati airport. Lovlina has ignited a billion dreams with her success in #TokyoOlympics2020 and set an example for budding sports talents in rural areas to aspire for achieving big at the world stage. pic.twitter.com/glcLxgSEml

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 12, 2021

 The 23-year-old from the tiny Baro Mukhia village of Assam's Golaghat district became only the third Indian boxer to finish on the Olympic podium, joining two of the biggest icons in Indian boxing -- six-time world champion M C Mary Kom and the very decorated Vijender Singh.