SDMC offers education department post to Phogat sisters

New Delhi: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has offered the position of the deputy director in its education department to one of the two Phogat sisters, the international wrestlers who shot to fame with the biopic, Dangal. It is up to the sisters — Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat — to decide who would accept the offer.

An announcement in this regard was made by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari after a meeting with the Phogat sisters at his residence. Mr Tiwari said that this is a tiny gesture by the BJP-ruled SDMC to recognise the achievements of Geeta and Babita.

“Apart from the job, the SDMC will also ensure pro-per residential accommodation for its new deputy director like the other officer,” added Mr Tiwari.

The Phogat sisters thanked Mr Tiwari and the SDMC for the job offer. The elder sister, Geeta, quipped that whoever wins a wrestling duel between the two, will join the SDMC as the deputy director. But she hinted that Babita will accept the offer. Mr Tiwari, however, assured that the SDMC would try to make a similar offer to the other sister.

The SDMC’s standing committee chairman, Shailendra Singh Monti, said that the corporation will ensure that during her (whoever accepts the job offer) playing years, she must concentrate only on her games and not on her duties.

Recently, the SDMC made Geeta and Babita its “Swachhta brand ambassadors”.

The SDMC will use photographs of the Phogat sisters for its print and outdoor campaign, their voice in the audio clips that are to be aired on radio, their visual spots on TV channels or live screens, and photographs and quotes to highlight the various aspects of its achievements and progress in the field of Swachchhh Bharat Mission and “solid waste management”.

A short film, creating awareness about sanitation, has been made with the two Swachhta brand ambassadors and it will be screened at the theatres before the start of a movie.