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Star Shooter And Double Paris Olympic Medalist Manu Bhaker Meets Sonia Gandhi

Double medal winner at Paris Olympics Manu Bhaker on Wednesday met Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi, hours after she returned to India receiving a rousing welcome.

Bhakar, who won bronze medals in Women’s 10 meter Air Pistol and the 10 meter Air Pistol Mixed team arrived at 10 Janpath here to meet Sonia Gandhi.

She met with Sonia Gandhi for over 30 minutes.

According to Congress sources, Sonia Gandhi congratulated Bhaker for her performance at the Paris Olympics and creating history.

The sources said that Bhaker will also meet newly appointed Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Bhaker landed back in the country on Wednesday after her historic feat of winning two medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games and was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and her family, who braved a steady drizzle to give her a memorable reception in New Delhi. The Air India flight (AI 142), which brought Bhaker from Paris to Delhi, landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 9:20am, delayed by one hour.

Poulami Mukherjee

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