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AGARTALA, April 29 (TIWN): Nobody could imagine that Tripura's pride Dipa Karmakar, whose upbringing was in a backward state like Tripura, where sports had never get any focus would challenge the whole world and will compete the gymnasts world-wide gymnasts in Rio Olympic as India's first woman athlete in Olympics.
Tripura Govt's apathy redsulted poor history in sports and sports like gymnastic in State, mostly sports were always taken just a material to show parades in field during Independence day and Republic Day.
Dipa Karmakar who came back in Tripura on April 22, after she qualified for Rio Olympics, and was facilitated statewide, but did not get any facilitation from Sports Minister or the Chief Minister of Tripura.
However, after 7 days passage of time, CM Manik Sarkar finally met India's pride Dipa but as expected from a communist ....CM met ace gymnast in empty hands.
Prime Minister Modiled BJP Govt announced Rs 1.10 Crores for Dipa Karmakar's training before Olympics but what Manik Sarkar annnounced ?
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