Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SAMBA, Oct 2: Former Minister and Pradesh BJP vice-president, Surjeet Singh Slathia hailed the growing urge among youth for wrestling, saying ‘Dangal’ has a great future given the attention it gets at the national and international levels.
“Wrestling is a traditional sport in the country whose past is enriched with glory and I have no doubt that it holds promise for the future as well”, Slathia said at the concluding ceremony of the Peer Baba Chatala wrestling competition at Bari Brahmana.
He described the performance of the participants as great and hoped that the wrestlers would impress the competitors by their bouts at the national events too. He said the event being held at regular intervals emerges like a festival. Slathia referred to the holding of various events in the recent past across the Vijaypur Constituency and said this speaks the love of youth towards the traditional games.
Pradesh BJP vice-president said wrestling is gaining popularity and the day is not far when local youth from the Constituency will make their mark at big events. He said wrestling continues to remain a passion for its practitioners and fans whose number is substantial, notwithstanding the challenge being posed by other popular games speak about a great future for the sport.
Slathia complimented the organisers for making the event successful and wished them all the best in their future endeavours as well.
President of the organising committee, Vijay Singh besides members including Nar Singh, Ghulam Naqvi, Shakti Singh, Ghulam Mustafa, Fateh Mohammed, Rakesh Singh and Mohammed Goni were present during the event.
Earlier, Slathia inaugurated a private establishment and congratulated the entrepreneur for their enterprise.
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