Father’s trust maintained: Bajrang Poonia’s father said – he never comes empty handed; Chief Minister announced to give 2.5 crores

India’s star wrestler Bajrang Punia has won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. In the 65 kg category of freestyle wrestling, Bajrang defeated Daulat Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 8-0. With this, celebrations have started in Bajrang’s house.

Chief Minister’s big announcement for Poonia
Wrestler Bajrang Punia will be given a cash prize of 2.5 crores for winning the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Along with this, a government job and a plot will also be available on 50 percent concession. An indoor stadium will be built in his Khuddan village. This announcement was made by the Chief Minister of the state, Manohar Lal Khattar.

Bajrang’s father Balwan Singh (left) and other relatives.

Bajrang’s father’s chest widened
Father Balwan Poonia is very happy with the victory of the son. His feet are not on the ground. He said that I had said that my son never comes empty handed. He took my shame. I am very proud of my son. He widened my chest.

He had a knee injury a month ago, yet he reached the semi-finals, but could not play attacking in that match due to injury. But in today’s match for the bronze medal, he put in full force and did not give a single chance to the opponent wrestler to score.

Parents of Bajrang Poonia making the winning sign.

Maa Om Pyari gets emotional
His mother Om Pyari became emotional as soon as Bajrang Punia’s victory was announced. His eyes filled with tears and he said that I have a son, who does what he says. Today he has put the shame of me and his father. May God give long life to my son and keep him happy.

Poonia’s match was seen live at Neeraj Chopra’s house
The special thing is that to see the match of athlete Neeraj Chopra, the match of Bajrang Punia was also shown on the LED screen installed at his house. As soon as the wrestlers won, the people present on the spot burst into joy.

Lost to Azerbaijan’s wrestler in the semi-finals
In the semi-final match, three-time world champion Azerbaijan wrestler Haji Aliyev defeated him by a margin of 12-5. Earlier in the quarter-final match, Bajrang Punia defeated the Iranian wrestler 2-1 in the 65 kg weight category.

Bajrang Poonia clashing with Azerbaijan’s wrestler.

Bajrang Punia has been number one
Bajrang Punia is the first Indian to become the world’s No. 1 wrestler in any category. Apart from this, he is also the first Indian to win two World Championship medals and wrestle in the famous German league. Coming from a simple family of Jhajjar district of Haryana, Bajrang Punia initially did not have money to buy cricket and badminton items.

At that time children were very much interested in Kabaddi and Wrestling and it was prevalent in the village of Poonia. However, his father Balwan Singh was also a wrestler and young Bajrang used to drop out of school to watch his wrestling. Bajrang had also said that I do not know when wrestling became a part of my life.

Bajrang Poonia was born on 26 February 1994 in Jhajjar village of Haryana. His father’s name is Balwan Singh Poonia. His father is a professional wrestler. His mother’s name is Om Pyari. His brother’s name is Harinder Poonia. Bajrang inherited wrestling. The financial condition of his family was weak. Bajrang’s early education was completed in the village itself.

Bajrang started wrestling at the age of 7 and got a lot of support from his father. Bajrang did his graduation from Maharishi Dayanand University Rohtak. Poonia also worked as a Ticket Checker (TTE) in the Indian Railways.