Jo khelega woh khilega, always cheer for Bharat: PM Modi meets India's CWG medallists

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, August 9, met Commonwealth Games 2026 medallists at his residence in New Delhi and congratulated them for their performance at the Glasgow Games 2026. Modi shared an Instagram reel of the meeting with gold medallist boxer Sakshi Chaudhary, thanking the PM. Modi had a special mention for the sports enthusiasts, stating, "Jo khelega, vo khilega. Always cheer for Bharat." He then voiced the popular patriotic slogan, "Bharat Mata ki Jai", with athletes also singing it. Modi later also shared the reel-format video on his X and Facebook accounts too.

Chaudhary anchored the video, expressing her gratitude for the meeting. "Hello friends, our honourable PM sir has welcomed all the medallists from the Commonwealth Games, and we are feeling very proud of this. We have really enjoyed meeting him; he is very humble," Chaudhary said in the video. Chaudhary won a gold



medal in the 51kg weight category at the Glasgow Games after beating Ruby White. Sakshi's win over England's Ruby White was the latter's first loss in 69 fights. She had been unbeaten in the previous 68 fights, but the Youth World Champion handed her a unanimous 5-0 loss.

India won an impressive 39 medals at the CWG 2026, a drop from the 61 they won in Birmingham 2022, but this was mainly due to the nine sports in which India won 30 medals last time, which were not present in the Glasgow Games. Boxing rained 10 medals, while athletics and para-athletics also brought 10 medals. Weightlifting and para-weightlifting gave India eight medals, while Judo emerged successful too with four medals. For the first time, India won a gold medal in Judo, with Asmita Dey becoming the country's first Judoka gold medallist before Harsh Singh also joined her at the top of the podium in his category.