Deepa Malik, Indian Javelin Paralympics athlete announced retirement and now is keen to serve Para athletes as President of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).
She is the only women para-athlete to be honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and won a silver medal in the Summer Paralympics 2016. On Twitter, Deepa Malik announced that she will be hanging her boots from active sports in order to serve as the President of PCI in accordance with the National Sports Code, where an active athlete is not eligible to hold an official post in any federation.
Here’s the tweet:
To be an office bearer at PCI had left active sports as that is the national sports code.. people waited for some declaration but one felt it's obvious. today initiated paper work for my Paralympics Medal Pension which was pending at my end. Will continue to serve #parasports pic.twitter.com/LNbRgpQlHB
— Deepa Malik (@DeepaAthlete) May 11, 2020
Meanwhile, Deepa Malik along with 60 other Indian personalities also joined hands with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan for a song, ‘Guzar Jayega’, to ignite hope in the hearts of people during such tough times. With an attempt to instill positivity, the motivational song is out and the para-athlete is a part of it to show unity.
Listen to ‘Guzar Jayega’:
