Sports ensures physical and mental fitness, keeping youth away from drugs menace: Sham Sharma
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 14: J&K Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sports Cell on Sunday started a Kabaddi tournament at Baba Kailakh Devsthan,Upper Thathar here as part of the 133rd birth anniversary of Pt Prem Nath Dogra which is being celebrated as Sports Day across Jammu and Kashmir.
The former minister and J&K BJP Vice President, Sham Lal Sharma who was the Chief Guest on the occasion inaugurated the tournament.
On the opening day, matches were played between Khour Border Team v/s Raipura Domana and the Baba Jitto Club Pouni Chak v/s Shield Club. Baba Jitto Club, Pouni Chak had won the Kabaddi match when the reports last came in.
A total of 135 matches will be organised during this extensive sports event which will conclude on December 25, the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
In his address on the occasion, BJP leader Sham Lal Sharma said that sports not only makes youth physically and mentally fit but also helps in keeping them away from drug menace that has become a great threat to the society today. He asserted that the government is fully sensitive to the issue and realizes the significance of sports in ensuring a healthy citizenry.
He said that in its priority agenda of overall development the BJP government has ensured ample focus on sports sector also not only in urban areas but also in the remote and far flung areas. He said while the Union Govt is funding crores of rupees to enhance the sports infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir aiming to make it par excellence as per the optimum standards, at the same time the Union Territory administration is leaving no stone unturned in this direction ensuring the proper rather equitable use of the funds provided for the purpose.
Prominent among others present on the occasion included Rajinder Singh Chib (BJP District President, Rural), Sunil Dogra (Convener BJP Sports Cell) and Co Convener Vishal Gupta, Baba Chanchal.
