Patna: Opposition leader in the State Assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, on Monday blamed the lack of infrastructure for sports and games, there were no training institutions and government ignorance of this field as the reason that no sportsman from Bihar represented the country at the Tokyo Olympics, which ended on Sunday.
He said because of the lack of facilities and opportunities, Bihar sportsmen moved to other states for training or parents did not allow their wards to choose this field.
“During the Olympics, Bihar people enjoyed like other roubles.
They are happy to victory India and also feel sad when we lose.
But one thing that hit each and every native of Bihar is that even though it has a 13-crore population, we don’t have a single representation In this world level sporting event, “Tejashwi said.
He gave an example of the Cricket 1996 World Cup match held at Bihar, which he said was the last international match played in the state.
He also quotes examples of other countries, which promote sports culture and provide employment opportunities to sportsmen.
“Smaller countries such as Manipur, Punjab and Haryana do are far better than Bihar in the field of sports.
In fact, Haryana and Punjab provide government and promotion work to sportsmen carrying Laurels to the state.
Even in Bihar, we have sports quota In work, but only people close to the government benefit, “he thought.
Tejashwi remembers the promises made by his party in Manifesto for the assembly selection of 2020.
It included the formation of sports policies.
“I thank the state government for analyzing our manifesto and giving a nod to the Sports University mentioned in it,” he said.
JD (u) State spokesman and former captain of the University Volleyball Team Patna, Ranbir Nandan, hit back in Tejashwi said the RJD leader must recall sports conditions during the regime of his parents.
“Munna Mustauq, who is a minister responsible for sports when Prasad is CM, which is used to refer to a minister with a budget number,” Nandan said, added, “We thank Cm Nith Kumar to put all our efforts to increase infrastructure Sports in Bihar.
Now our country will be among several states chosen to have sports universities.
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