Thailand Open and Australia Open champion Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Friday was present at the inauguration of Asia’s finest multi-purpose stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. There his happiness had no limits when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi and Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani were present along with eminent Sportspersons and Olympians – Bhaichung Bhutia, Anup Kumar, Srikanth Kadambi, Gagan Narang, Sushil Kumar, Pullela Gopichand, Irfan Pathan, Parthiv Patel, Deepa Malik and Udit Sheth, Managing Director, TransStadia at the inauguration ceremony.
To express his happiness and gratitude, Kidambi later took to Twitter posting a picture of him with Narendra Modi, saying, “I feel honoured to meet you and talk to you sir. I can’t ask for anything else. This photo just says how happy I am.”
I feel honoured to meet you and talk to you sir. I can't ask for anything else. This photo just says how happy I am. pic.twitter.com/c608a3WQOM
— Kidambi Srikanth (@srikidambi) June 30, 2017