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Dipa Karmakar plans to return BMW, presenters to discuss car maintenance with her
Hyderabad District Badminton Association President Chamundeswarinath, who presented the luxury car which Dipa Karmakar wants to return owing to maintenance issues, today said he will have a word with the gymnast on the difficulties she is facing in handling the vehicle.
​Hyderabad: Hyderabad District Badminton Association President Chamundeswarinath, who presented the luxury car which Dipa Karmakar wants to return owing to maintenance issues, today said he will have a word with the gymnast on the difficulties she is facing in handling the vehicle.
"We will discuss with her. Whatever Dipa is comfortable with, we will look into it; if not BMW car," Chamundeswarinath told PTI here.
Karmakar had indicated about difficulties in the maintenance of a BMW car, which was handed over to her by cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.
"The idea of gifting cars to the sportspersons was to encourage them to do better," he said.
Rio Olympics medallists PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Karmakar, who narrowly missed out on a medal, were gifted with luxury cars by Chamundeswarinath for their achievements in the Rio Olympics.
Tendulkar, who was the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian team at Rio Olympics, handed over the keys of the vehicles to them at a function held at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy here on August 28.
