Samba, Jan 28: Apni Party Provincial President, Jammu and former minister, S Manjit Singh on Sunday demanded the revival of traditional sports among the youth in Jammu and Kashmir.
The former minister along with the party leader, Vishal Nariana inaugurated the Kabaddi tournament at Smailpur Sports Stadium. In this Kabaddi tournament, approximately 13 teams from different areas are participating.
While meeting the players in the tournaments after its inauguration, Singh appreciated the organizer of the tournament for keeping the traditional sports activity alive among the youth. He sought attention of the traditional sports so that they can be revived with the active participation of youth so that their energy can be channelized towards the right direction.
“The youth should adopt sportsmanship to stay healthy and active. That would also help them adopt a healthy lifestyle and focus on their studies. As the society is worried about the growing menace of drug addiction, the government, civil society and the police department should come together to encourage traditional sports and to keep them alive,” he said.
He congratulated the sports persons who participated in the Kabaddi tournament while insisting on organizing similar sports tournaments in other villages/towns.
Apni Party, Youth Wing District President, Samba, Mangat Ram, Block President Bari Brahmana, Irshan Choudhary and others were also present on the occasion.
