No govt job, national athlete sells sugarcane juice in Fazilka
Medals adorning his cart stationed outside the mini-secretariat, Deepak, 22, philosophically says he is now tasting the lows after scaling new highs — from winning 16 medals at state-level athletic championship to turning a vendor.
"Even after running from pillar to post in search of a govt job in the sport category, I did not succeed. My patience was dashed to the ground. I purposefully chose the mini-secretariat site for my cart to expose the failure of govt policies to back sportspersons in getting a respectable job," said the resident of Sabuana village in Fazilka.
His father Charanjit, standing next to his son, said that he backed him to participate in all events, but lack of govt support in getting a job brought disappointment.
"My illness too did not help. He had to do something for the family," Charanjit said.
Narrating his achievements, Charanjit said Deepak was the runner-up in the 8 km under-20 boys' category during the 56th National Cross Country Athletic Championship held in Nagaland in March 2022. He secured second position in the 6-km cross country race during the 66th National School Athletic Championship in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in June 2023.
In the state-level championships organised by the Punjab Athletics Association, he won the 3,000-metre race held in Sangrur in 2022.
He secured first positions in the 8 km (under-20) category in Sangrur in 2024, 5000-m race in Sangrur in 2022, and the 6 km (under-18) cross country race held in Mohali in 2021.
However, Charanjit has not lost hope for his son.
"Chief minister Bhagwant Mann is doing a great job in reviving the sports culture in the state, but we are yet to receive any help from the state govt," he said, adding that Deepak would not be selling sugarcane juice if his son got some support.
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