Kanda sees no Chautalas' hand in Haryana players' achievements

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by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, OCT 16
Haryana Sports Minister Gopal Kanda has criticised the Indian National Lok Dal's attempts to take false credit of the players achievement and politicise the sports achievements of the state.
  While attacking the previous INLD Government, Mr. Kanda said that the Chautala Government had only one achievement of installing the then Chief Minister’s son Mr. Abhey Chautala as the Haryana Olympic Association (HOA) president for the rest of his life. It was against all norms and rich traditions and in the Olympic history no such parallel is found anywhere else in the world, he further added, which was later put aside by the court.  The people are well aware about the performance of the INLD government, which had only one agenda to promote the Chautala family and its political agendas.
         If their policies and leadership was so good then why the Haryana sportspersons could not perform during their regime, Mr. Kanda asked the opposition parties. The performance of state during their government was rather ordinary or dismal but in the present Commonwealth Games and the previous Olympic Games the Haryana players excelled and brought glory for the state and the country, he further added.
      Mr Kanda today said that the opposition should have behaved responsibly and congratulated the players and the people of state rather than claiming it as their own achievements. He said that the whole country has commended the Haryana for its achievements and number of initiatives taken to promote the sports in the state. Even the medal winning players of other states have asked their own state governments to emulate the Haryana model and its sports policies, he added.
 The Haryana Sports Minister said that our sportspersons had always been quite talented but they could not bring such good results earlier because the earlier government could not enthuse the players and provide them a sports friendly atmosphere.  He said that Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda led state government had formulated a new sports policy.
While commending the players for their sterling performances, Mr Kanda said that the state government spotted the talented players, who were groomed with providing them the infrastructure and other incentives. The assurance of bright future for the good players had been another hallmark of the new policy, which paved way for the development of sports.
Mr Kanda said that the opposition should still mend its ways and adopt constructive approach. He called upon the people to participate in large numbers for welcoming the medal winners’ players from Haryana and their coaches in the just concluded Commonwealth Games at the state level function being organized on the occasion of Haryana Day on November 1 at Sonipat. The players of State bagging gold, silver and bronze medals would be rewarded with cash prize of Rs.15 lakh, Rs.10 lakh and Rs. 5 lakh respectively and their coaches with cash awards of Rs. 3 lakh, Rs. 2 lakh and Rs. 1 lakh, respectively.