Dutee Chand awarded an ‘out-of-turn promotion’ by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik
Dutee Chand was awarded an out-of-turn promotion in the Odisha Mining Corporation by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday after the athlete and the state government were caught in a row over financial assistance.
“Out-of-turn promotion has been given to Dutee Chand in OMC in recognition for her sporting achievements,” Patnaik said after inaugurating three state-of-the-art sports facilities in the state.
Today I got Promotion in my job at OMC, Naveen Pattanaik sir give me the letter for getting Arjuna Award.First of all, I would like to thank my parents for all the success. I also would like to thank Hon’ble CM Naveen Patnaik Ji for always standing behind me and encourage pic.twitter.com/CPKXnHRsrI
— Dutee Chand (@DuteeChand) November 2, 2020