‘Today the Khel Ratna awardee, Dhyan Chand awardees, Dronacharya awardees, Tenzing Norgay National Adventure awardees met the Prime Minister. In that we also had two Rio ‘gold medallists’ P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik,’ Goel told the media. Defending himself after the gaffe, he told ANI: “People shouldn't make an issue out of a slip of tongue, this can happen at times. P V Sindhu secured a silver medal in badminton and Sakshi Malik won the bronze in 58-kg freestyle wrestling.

Source: dna August 28, 2016 18:15 UTC