Chandigarh, March 26 -- Haryana chief minister, Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday said that the Council of Ministers has decided to offer Commonwealth Games gold winning wrestler, Vinesh Phogat, the option to receive benefits equivalent to those of a silver medal under the state's sports policy. Phogat had reached the final at the 2024 Paris Olympics but was disqualified after she was found 100 grams over and above the stipulated weight in her competing category.

Saini said that the state's sports policy offered three kinds of benefits - a cash prize of Rs.4 crore, a job under Group A, and the allotment of an HSVP plot.

The chief minister who was addressing a press conference after presiding over the Council of Minister meeting said that con...