Our daughters made us proud at Rio 2016: PM Narendra Modi

Praising the efforts of Indian athletes at the Rio Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the country's "daughters" made the country proud

New Delhi: Praising the efforts of Indian athletes at the Rio Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the country's "daughters" made the country proud.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

"The two medals we got were bagged by the daughters of this nation. There were other girls who almost made it and performed well. Once again they proved that they are no lesser than anyone else in any manner," Modi said referring to shuttler PV Sindhu, wrestler Sakshi Malik and gymnast Dipa Karmakar.

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