Will Neeraj Chopra be able to attend Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s Olympic felicitation event?

Gold medal winner (javelin) Neeraj Chopra will receive Rs 2 crore, silver medallists Ravi Dahiya and Mirbai Chanu would receive Rs 1.5 crore each at the event.

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra was reportedly admitted to a hospital in Panipat on Tuesday (August 17) due to high fever. Chopra was not able to proceed to his home in native Khandra village after he had to leave the felicitation event near Panipat midway due to exhaustion and fever. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is not set to felicitate Olympians who have done the country proud at the recent Tokyo Olympics, at a function in Lucknow on Thursday (August 19). During a mega event at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, chief minister Yogi Adityanath will also give monetary rewards to the Olympians. Gold medal winner (javelin) Neeraj Chopra will receive Rs 2 crore, silver medallists Ravi Dahiya and Mirbai Chanu would receive Rs 1.5 crore each at the event. It is now uncertain if Chopra will be able to attend the event in Lucknow although Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar met Olympic gold medallist Chopra in Chandigarh on Wednesday (August 18) and described the javelin thrower as the ‘golden boy’, who is not only the pride of Haryana, but also of the entire nation.