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Watch: Badminton Legend Pullela Gopichand Praises Government’s Execution Of J&K Bifurcation
Swarajya Staff
Aug 12, 2019, 01:23 PM | Updated 01:23 PM IST
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Former Badminton player and Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand praised the Central government’s efforts to smoothly carry out the bifurcation of J&K into two union territories following the abrogation of Article 370.
Gopichand who is credited with developing Badminton stars like Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap, was speaking at the launch of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s book Listening, Learning & Leading in Chennai.
A video of Gopichand’s speech was shared by PIB:
#Article370 abrogation bill was passed and things happened so smoothly; Thanks to @MVenkaiahNaidu garu :Pullela Gopichand, Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team@pmoindia pic.twitter.com/P98WkULpyb
— PIB India (@PIB_India) August 11, 2019
In the video, Gopichand recounted the confusion prevalent during the bifurcation of Andhra and Telangana leading to uncertainty among common people including his own family members.
After acknowledging Venkaiah Naidu’s fight for welfare of Andhra and Telangana during its bifurcation and added how in contrast to his home state, the bifurcation of J&K “happened so smoothly”.
“For the minuscule population who think that things were not as per procedure in this bifurcation (J&K), they need to go back and see what happened when Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated”, said Gopichand.
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