BJP honours World C’ship medallists
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: BJP today honoured World Championship Medalists of 10th strength lifting and inclined Bench Press World Championship and their coaches at party Headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, here.
Ashok Koul, general secretary (Organization), J&K BJP, Kavinder Gupta, former Dy. CM, Yudhvir Sethi, vice president BJP, along with Braham Jyot Satti, Prabhari BJP OBC Morcha and Dr Pardeep Mahotra, J&K BJP Media in-charge honoured the medalists on the occasion.
The Strength Lifting World Championship was held at Hyderabad recently in which Anil Kumar (95+ weight category) and Manpreet Singh (107+ weight category) won bronze medals and brought laurels to the UT.
Anil Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Choudhary Sunil Singh (president Strength Lifting Federation), Ajay Sharma (general secretary), Umesh Sharma (joint secretary) other senior players of Power/Strength Lifting Championship were honoured on the occasion.
Both medal winning athletes are serving in JKP and they brought laurels to the nation by clinching medals at international event.
Ashok Koul, speaking on the occasion, congratulated Anil Kumar, Manpreet Singh and their coaches for this big achievement and wished them all a bright and better future ahead. He said in the past 10 years under the leadership of PM, Narendra Modi the sports scenario in India has been totally transformed and sportspersons have achieved new heights.
He said today India has the maximum number of medals in Olympics, Asian Games etc and our para-athletes are also shining in their respective sport disciplines and making us proud .
Koul said in Jammu and Kashmir also, the Government has launched various schemes like Khelo India, PMDP etc for search of talented athletes and providing job opportunities to senior players and past champions.
Kavinder Gupta said PM Narendra Modi is also a sports lover. Modi is also organizing felicitation ceremonies for meritorious sports persons. He is providing sports facilities in urban as well as remote areas across the nation and as a result India is shining in the field of sports and even talent of Jammu Kashmir is excelling at International/ National events.
Yudhvir Sethi appreciated all sports achievers and said they are our pride because they highlighted the name of Jammu Kashmir globally.
Braham Jyot, who organized and conducted the proceedings of the programme said that the BJP always stands with sports persons and if any sportsperson needs any kind of help he/she can contact party at any time.
Dr. Pardeep urged all the students and youth to join sports and make a career in sports as it will make them physically and mentally strong.
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