Without pay, dad strikes gold as Chandigarh lady punches her strategy to glory

From taking loans from his associates and relations to promoting his automobile as soon as to assist his daughter Nitu Ghanghas’ boxing ambitions, Jai Bhagwan had left no stone unturned to maintain his and her daughter’s desires alive.

The Dhanana village resident, who works as a invoice messenger in Haryana Vidhan Sabha and is at present dealing with a departmental inquiry over his steady absence from job, was all ecstatic on Sunday afternoon as his daughter Nitu turned the Commonwealth Games champion with a unanimous 5-0 verdict over England’s Demie Jade Resztan within the ladies’s 48 kg boxing last in Birmingham.

“Nitu toh desh ki shaan ban gayi. Yeh gold medal toh asli sona hai hamare liye (Nitu has become the pride of the whole nation. This gold medal is more than actual gold for us). In 2016, I had sold our car to support her training for the world youth championship and have taken loans from friends and bank to support her training as I am not getting salary due to my absence at job. But to see her become the Commonwealth Games champion is more than anything for me. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Nitu. What else can a father ask for?” says an emotional Jai Bhagwan whereas talking to The Indian Express.

Gold medalist India’s Nitu Ghanghas poses for pictures through the presentation ceremony of the ladies’s over 45-48kg (Minimumweight) boxing occasion, on the Commonwealth Games 2022. (PTI)

The Haryana teenager together with buddy Sakshi Chaudhary used to journey to Bhiwani Boxing Club to coach beneath Jagdish Singh, a coach who has skilled the likes of 2008 Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh.

When she turned the youth nationwide bronze medallist in 2016, Bhagwan skipped workplace to assist Nitu’s coaching for the 2017 World Youth Championships and took mortgage from the village financial institution to maintain issues going.

When Nitu received two successive world youth championship titles in 2017 and 2018 in Guwahati and Budapest respectively, the household needed to wait for 2 lengthy agonising years to get the much-needed money awards by the Haryana authorities, due to the change in sports activities coverage.

“My husband has only thought about Nitu and her boxing dreams. Sometimes, I also wondered what he would get from this. But he used to say that he wants to see Nitu win a medal for India. I came to know much later that he was not getting his salary as he was skipping office in Chandigarh. Even at present, we are surviving without his salary. It was from Nitu’s cash award that we paid the fee of our second daughter’s medical studies in Shimla. Also, the expenses of our younger son’s shooting equipment for participating in competitions were paid from Nitu’s money,” says mom Mukesh.

“Mere father ne mujhe itna support kia mujhe yahan tak lane main toh medal main unko aur pure desh ko dedicate karna chahiti hun (My father has always supported me, helped me reach here, come what may. I dedicate this medal to him and the whole country),” Nitu stated whereas speaking to The Indian Express from Birmingham.

At the Bhiwani Boxing Club additionally, the ambiance was euphoric. Coach Jagdish Singh was on cloud 9 and was seen distributing sweets to the trainees in all pleasure.

With greater than 50 ladies and 100 boys coaching on the academy, Jagdish Singh is happy with Nitu’s feat and has now set his sights on 2024 Paris Olympics.

Haryana boxer Nitu Ghanghas household and relations have fun her CWG gold medal at their village Dhanana close to Bhiwani on Sunday.

“She had won the world youth title twice, but this gold medal at the Commonwealth Games will give a major boost to her career. Winning at the senior level will motivate her to achieve more in the coming years. Her CWG medal will be shown to the trainees and her medal-winning moment will be displayed along with photos of other international boxers of our academy,” stated Jagdish Singh.

Mother Mukesh has already deliberate a menu for her daughter’s welcome social gathering.

“Nitu’s father always makes sure that she has fresh ‘desi ghee ka churma’ whenever she is at the national camp. He will travel all the way to the camp and give it to her. This time also when she returns from Birmingham, I am sure she will ask for her favourite ‘churma’. We plan to celebrate her return with that,” stated Mukesh.

Nitu is a former pupil of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women at Sector 26 in Chandigarh. She attended courses when she was not within the nationwide camp. The school principal, Dr Jatinder Kaur, and the sports activities trainer, Dr Amolak Singh Bhullar, congratulated her on her great achievement.