BMW for Shishya - Elantra for Guru

The Bronze Medal Celebration of Badminton Player Saina Nehwal at Olympics seems to be never ending in Hyderabad. As the pouring of gifts and gift cheques continue to encourage this young player, presence of Sachin Tendulkar yesterday in Hyderabad was further more a special occasion. Chamundeshwarinath of Andhra Pradesh Badminton Federation has offered a special gift of BMW C Series luxury car worth nearly Rs.40 Lakhs to Saina while her Guru Gopichand is given Hyundari Elantra of Rs.20 Lakhs. Promising young player PV Sindhu is gifted with a Swift Dezire.

In the following events for the day, Gopichand thanked Nimmagadda Prasad, Chamundi and Chandrababu Naidu for helping him in establishment of Badminton Academy in Hyderabad while YSR Government tried to pull away the land allotted by Naidu. Getting a stay order from High Court, however Gopi won the case.