Excelsior Sports Correspondent
Jammu (BARAN), Sept 12: Bhola Kashni of Delhi has won the Raja Mandlik Dangal title by defeating Chota Gani of Hoshiarpur in a fierce competition held at Baran in Nagrota Assembly Constituency here today.
In all 105 bouts were held between the wrestlers of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Lauding the growing participation of youth in sports, especially traditional and rural based, Senior BJP leaders Jugal Kishore Sharma and Devender Singh Rana hoped that this momentum will get further fillip in a big way.
“Like other parts of the country, Jammu and Kashmir too has a high tradition of organizing rural oriented sports”, Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore said, adding that the reach of such events needs to be expanded for larger participation of youth.
Devender Rana expressed happiness over the enthusiasm of rural youth in traditional games like wrestling, saying these still retains the sheen of yesteryears. Rana said, in an era of competition, the youth cannot afford to remain in the shell of academics alone; they have to be versatile in every field of activity. It is with this view the BJP led Government at the Centre has taken several measures to promote sports under flagship programmes like Khelo India. Jugal and Rana gave away the awards to the wrestlers for achieving distinction. The Dangal was organized by the Dangal Committee comprising Vikram Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Kaushal Singh, Tiger Singh, Parveen Singh, Bittu Singh. A large number of locals and Nagrota peripheries besides those from Jammu applauded the wrestlers for their performances.
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