From Bhupen Goswami
GUWAHATI : Olympic medallist and Assam’s Shan Lovlina Borgohen arrived in Guwahati on Thursday morning. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed the boxer who returned from the Olympics at Guwahati airport. Sarma welcomed Lavlina to the airport giving her traditional Assamese ‘Gamusa’ and ‘Japi’ and the chief minister said, “Lovlina has ignited a billion dreams with her success at the Tokyo Olympics and set an example for those aspiring to take emerging sporting talent to the world class in rural areas.
Sarma felicitated Olympic bronze medallist Lovina Borgohen during a felicitation programme in Guwahati on Thursday and requested the Star India Boxer to include Assam Police as DSP. Himanta Biswa Sarma further said that the Assam government will provide monthly financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to Lovlina till the Paris Olympics. Sarma further said that a Sporting Complex worth Rs 25 crore will be constructed in the name of Lovlina Borgohen at Saupathar in Golaghat district of Assam.Borgohen arrived in Guwahati with a warm welcome on Thursday as Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed him at the airport. Borgohen, who won the welterweight (69kg) bronze medal, was felicitated by the state government in the afternoon.
