Rajasthan: Dalit daughter bodybuilder Priya Singh won gold in Thailand, such was the journey from veil to medal

Jaipur, Rajasthan’s first woman bodybuilder Priya Singh has once again brought laurels to the world. Priya has won the Gold Medal in the 39th International Women’s Body Building Competition held in Pattaya, Thailand.

Published by: Arvind Kumar

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Recently the International Body Building Championship was held in Pattaya, Thailand. Rajasthan’s name has also been proudly raised in the championship. This name is given by Priya Singh, daughter of Rajasthan. Actually, Priya has won the gold medal in this championship. This is the same Priya Singh, who has also won the title of Miss Rajasthan thrice from 2018 to 2020.

Let me tell you, Priya, originally from Bikaner district, was married off at the age of eight. But due to the poor financial condition of the family, Priya Singh got a job. Priya applies for a job in the gym, where she gets the job because of her personality. After this, seeing others, Priya took training in the gym and became the first successful female bodybuilder of Rajasthan.

Priya is a mother of two children.

International gold medalist Priya, a mother of two, says that it takes more diet and hard work for a woman to build her body than a man. His family supported him behind his success, due to which he is a successful gym trainer today.

While doing gym, Priya came to know that there is also a body builder championship. But no woman in Rajasthan could enter it. From that very day, Priya decided to go to the championship and kept working hard day and night keeping in mind the diet and other things. Priya Singh has an account on social media, in which it is written that the journey from veil to bikini. Priya Singh has about 33 thousand followers on Instagram only. At the same time, pictures are also viral on social media.

Bhim Army Chief expressed Priya’s pain…

Chief of Bhim Army Chandrashekhar Azad and journalist Nazir Hussain have expressed the pain of Priya Singh. Honoring Priya Singh by posting a picture on Twitter, he said that despite winning the gold medal at the international level, Priya Singh did not get the respect she deserves from the government or the sports lovers.

Priya Singh and her supporters regret that despite winning a medal at the international level, the Narendra Modi government at the Center and the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan did not respect her talent. Even on returning from Thailand, Priya Singh went alone from the airport to home. Quoting an interview of Priya Singh on social media, it is also being claimed that she herself believes that she is discriminated against because of casteism.

Courtesy: The Wire

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