Manipur’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh recently revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped two Indian athletes and helped them in getting better medical care and training in the US before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games.

Talking to ANI, the Manipur CM said that he had met PM Modi this week and thanked him for helping Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu. 

He then elaborated what Mirabai Chanu had told him at a public function meant to felicitate her, about the help she had received from the Prime Minister's Office.

Singh said, “I was surprised at her revelation about the help she had received from the Prime Minister. She disclosed that if she wasn't given an opportunity to go to the US for her muscle operation and practice, she wouldn't be able to achieve this goal. She narrated how PM Modi helped her directly. The Prime Minister helped the athlete and micromanaged the issue. People of Manipur were overjoyed to know how PM Modi helped her.”

The CM further elaborated, “PM Modi kept smiling when we thanked him for helping Chanu. He also helped one more athlete. This is the greatness of the leader.”

“Chanu was having back pain and this message went to PMO, and PM Modi directly intervened and all expenditure on her treatment and training abroad was taken care of by the PM,” the CM further said. 

Stating that Chanu was not the only athlete PM Modu helped, Singh stated, "the Prime Minister never mentioned it even once anywhere. I won't name but there is another athlete who PM Modi had sent to the US for medical attention and training. Being an Indian and under PM Modi we feel so proud.”

Mirabai Chanu won a silver in the women’s 49kg category in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics and she was the first athlete to open India’s medals tally.

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