Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker's name has not been excluded from the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award list and the final names for the National Sports Awards have not been finalized yet, revealed a source Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) sources said on Tuesday. “No final list has yet been made for National Sport's Awards so there is no point of exclusion of the name of any player," an MYAS source said. 

Earlier in the day, Manu Bhaker's father, Ram Kishan Bhaker expressed his disappointment that her daughter was not shortlisted for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. 

Ram Kishan Bhaker said in a self-made video that a sports legend should be on a committee that would give this honor.

"There are many sports legends like PT Usha, Abhinav Bindra, Anjum Gopi George, and Anjali Bhagwat. Such players should be selected who have knowledge of sports. The country knows that Manu has done such a great feat that the whole country was proud of,” he said.