August 7 is a historic day for India as the nation has won its first gold medal and bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020. While Neeraj Chopra grabbed the first gold for the country in the javelin finals, Bajrang Punia also made the nation proud with his in freestyle wrestling. Undoubtedly, the nation is, beaming with pride and the social media is flodded with congratulatory messages for Bajrang.
Amid this, several Bollywood celebs took to their social media handles to shower praises for the wrestler for his win at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 including Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Aamir Khan, and among others.
Akshay Kumar took to microblogging site Twitter and wrote, “Another exemplary performance! Congratulations #BajrangPunia on winning the #bronze, you fought like a champion. #Tokyo2020.”
Celebrity fashion designer Manish Malhotra tweeted, “Congratulations @BajrangPunia, on winning #Bronze in Men’s Freestyle 65kg #Wrestling at #TokyoOlympics. Proud moment for India”.
“Thrilled to see #TeamIndia win another #Bronze Medal! #BajrangPunia, congratulations! You’ve done us all proud. Clapping hands sign#TokyoOlympics2020 #Cheer4India”. Sonali Bendre also tweeted, “It’s time to celebrate again as we win another medal! Congratulations #BajrangPunia,” Yami Gautam also hailed Bajrang’s performance.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also lauded Bajrang Punia for his win. He tweeted, “Delightful news from #Tokyo2020! Spectacularly fought @BajrangPunia. Congratulations to you for your accomplishment, which makes every Indian proud and happy.”
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