Mansukh Mandaviya felicitates Indian boxers for historic Commonwealth Games outing

Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Sports Minister, on Tuesday felicitated the Indian boxers, who made history for India during the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Mandaviya met the boxers at his residence in New Delhi and congratulated them for bagging 10 medals at the quadrennial event in the Scottish city. 

The Sports Minister presented the boxers with cheques for their historic performance in Glasgow. Mandaviya felicitated all the seven gold medallists with Rs 30 lakh cheques each, while he presented Rs 20 lakh cheques each to the three silver medallists from the Games.

Reigning world champion and now the Commonwealth Games winner in



the 57kg category, Jaismine Lamboria, expressed her happiness at meeting the Sports Minister. She also revealed that Mandaviya told her that he would arrange a meeting for the boxers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "It is a great feeling. We arrived in India today at around 2 or 3 a.m. Our Sports Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, invited us here and treated us with great respect, Lamboria told news agency ANI. 

"It is really encouraging to know that our country's Sports Minister is supporting us so much. He also told us that if we ever need anything, he will make sure it is taken care of. He further said that he would soon fix a date for us to meet Prime Minister Modi," she added.