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Former sportspersons from Punjab to return awards in support of farmers
Updated On: 05 December, 2020 07:15 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
The sportspersons said they have sought time from President Ram Nath Kovind to return the awards
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President Ram Nath Kovind
Several former sportspersons from Punjab including Padma Shri and Arjuna awardees left for Delhi on Saturday to return their awards in support of the farmers'' protest against the Centre''s three agriculture reform laws.
They will join the farmers camping at the national capital''s Singhu border on Saturday before returning their awards to the president the next day.
Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have been camping at five Delhi gateways for the past nine days to press their demand for a repeal of the recently enacted farm laws.
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