Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
Chandrababu Naidu
has announced cash prize of Rs 50 lakhs to shuttler
Kidambi Srikanth for winning men's singles titles at the Indonesian Open Super Series Premier and Australian Open Super Series.
At a felicitation held at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram Vijayawada, the
Andhra Pradesh CM
congratulated the shuttler's efforts and offered him a Group 1 officer post as well in the state. Srikanth's coach, Dronacharya awardee
Pullela Gopichand, was also given Rs 15 lakh.
Srikanth presented a badminton racket to CM on the occasion.
Naidu assured that necessary financial support would be given to Srikanth to train under foreign coaches. A sports university will also be developed in Amaravati for encouraging budding sports players, while regional coaching centers will come up in Visakhapatnam and Tirupati, he added.
In his thanksgiving speech, Srikanth said: "The land which Chief Minister gave to Gopi sir helped in blossoming the game in unified Andhra Pradesh. I always played for Andhra Pradesh and in future I will keep playing for AP."