Specially-abled chess champion Malika Handa from Punjab gets Rs 15 lakhs assistance from Telangana minister KTR

Telangana minister KTR had promised financial assistance to Malika Handa in his personal capacity on January 3 while reacting to tweets about the Punjab government allegedly denying her cash awards due to lack of a policy for deaf sportspersons.

In a heart-warming gesture, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao's (KCR) son and cabinet minister K.T.Rama Rao (KTR) called deaf & mute chess champion Malika Handa from Punjab to Hyderabad and gave her Rs 15 lakh cheque as part of financial support apart from presenting a laptop to help her participate in an online chess championship

Earlier, the Telangana minister had responded to a video of Malika on Twitter and offered to extend support. Malika Handa flew down from Jalandhar to Hyderabad at the invitation of KTR.

KTR, who is a minister for industry and information technology, stated that he called Malika Handa in his personal capacity after getting to know about her plight and the unfair treatment she was receiving from the Punjab state government.