CM Hooda inaugurates Haryana State Games

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, OCT 22
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today inaugurated the four-day long 24th Haryana State Games amidst a riot of colour in Faridabad. As many as 2872 men and 2524 women players representing 21 districts and five other teams are participating in 29 sports disciplines.
Addressing the players, the Chief Minister announced a grant of Rs 25 lakh to the Haryana Olympic Association (HOA).
Earlier while talking to media persons at the Sports Complex, he said that the real credit of bringing glory to the state and the nation in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) goes to the players as the government and the Haryana Olympic Association could only provide assistance and other support.
Mr Hooda said that the state of Haryana is known as a state of farmers and soldiers. The players from the state performed in both fields as they won medals in wrestling and boxing, which are the games of power and strength and the farmers have plenty of them. Nine wrestlers and boxers had won nine gold medals for the country in CWG. Similarly the Haryana shootooters won nine gold medals in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Mr. Hooda expressed hope that the players from Haryana would also perform well in the coming Asian Games and next Olympic Games.
Haryana Power Minister Mr Mahender Pratap Singh, Revenue Minister Mr Shiv Charan Lal Sharma, HOA President Mr PV Rathee, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr Chhattar Singh, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr Shiv Raman Gaur, Political Adviser to Chief Minister Prof. Virender Singh, Media Adviser to Chief Minister, Mr Sunder Pal Singh, Haryana Basket Ball Association President Mr Ravinder Singh Hooda, MLAs Mr Anand Kaushik, Mr Raghubir Singh Tewatia, Former MP Mr Jai Parkash, Mayor Ashok Arora, District Congress president Mr B.R. Ojha, Director Sports Mr OP Singh and number of senior leaders and officers were present on the occasion.
CWG medalist Anisha Sayyad, Anuraj Singh, Deepak Sharma, Nirmala, Suman Kundu and number of international players were also present at the inaugural function.