Chandigarh October 18: Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal Deputy Chief Minister today handed over appointment letters to 55 players of different games, who have been appointed as Bill Distributers in Powercom on regular basis.
Handing over appointment letters to the players Mr. Badal said that SAD-BJP Government was committed for the welfare of players and he has already issued instructions to all departments to fill the backlog of 3% sports quota.
Exhorting the players to continue their passion of sports even after gaining employment in Powercom, Mr. Badal said that it was imperative for them to nurture new sports talent and give coaching to the budding players.7 Players from Athletics , Two of Badminton, Five of Cricket, Seven of Hockey, Two of Lawn Tennis, Seven of Volleyball, Eleven of football, Two of Table Tennis, Six of Kabaddi, Four of Wrestling and Three players of Basketball were handed over appointment letters today.
Those who were given appointment letters today included Amarinder Singh, Amandeep Singh, Sahib Singh, Jaspal Singh , Ranjeet Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Jasbir Singh ( all Athletics) ; Rajkumar and Lakhwinder Pal Singh ( both badminton) ; Gautam Mandora , Ankur Jand , Hari Krishan Kali, Ved Parkash and Rupeet Inder Singh ( Cricket) ; Raju, Harpreet Singh, Ravinder Singh, Dalbir Singh, Manbir Singh, Kulwinder Singh and Amrik Singh ( all Hockey ) ; Sanjeev Kumar and Inderjot Singh ( both Lawn Tennis) ; Chamkaur Singh, Beant Singh, Harpreet Singh , Gurpreet Singh, Sukhbir Singh, Mandeep Singh and Hardeep Singh ( all Volleyball); Sunil Kumar, Bhupinder Singh , Kuldip Singh, Sikandar Kumar, Gurpeet Singh, Amarjeet Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Surjit Singh, Phuspinder Singh, Rajkumar and Sandeep Singh ( all Football ) ; Akram Baig and Rohit Mahajan ( both Table Tennis ) ; Amninder Singh, Harinder Singh, Pardeep Singh, Harpreet Singh , Saravjeet Singh and Jagdeep Singh ( all Kabaddi ) and Sher Singh , Narinder Singh, Ranbir Singh & Honey Kumar ( all Wrestling ) .
Mr. K.D.Choudhry, Chairman Powercom was also present on the occasion.