Incorporate Sports Promotion In Election Manifesto

By: Aug 5th, 2017 12:23 am

Bhupinder Singh

(The writer is a national athletics coach)

Bhupinder SinghSports like education is a state issue. However when we watch national and international level games, then it perceives like a centre’s issue. It is because the performance and medal tally of any country in international level games reflects the prosperity, development and technical prowess of that particular country. This is why discussion of adding sports in concurrent list is been going on for many years. However for now when sports is a state issue, the responsibility of its promotion lies with the state government.

Educations means complete physical and mental development of a person so that he or she can live his or her life with dignity. But in present times, the physical development part becomes incomplete as different types of drugs are easily available to students in their early age. Therefore it becomes more important to formulate such sports policy that ensures participation of each and every student in one or other physical game that could help in one’s physical development. Students who exhibit exceptional performance should be provided such an environment that one can make state and national feel proud on the basis of performance.

Himachal Pradesh is heading towards Vidhan Sabha elections later this year. Every political party announces its election manifesto disclosing what development and improvement it will bring in various sectors if brought to power. Will the political parties this time mention in their election manifesto what role will they play in bringing improvement in sports sector?

Bharatiya Janata Party has consituted a sports cell in its party right from district level to state level. P.K. Dhumal erected modern sports infrastructure for various sports in different districts of the state during his tenure. Hamirpur MP too began his political journey from sports arena. Congress leader Ram Lal Thakur will be remembered for his contribution to give a direction to sports in Himachal during his tenure. The dangerous trend of drugs has infiltrated into hill state from neighbouring state. Not only small kids but youth have also fallen in this trap. Therefore responsibility of the state government increases more as to how it will save its human resource from drugs menace and utilise it for the upliftment of state and nation. Himachali parents expects from coming government to provide such an environment that will provide healthy and fit citizens to state and country. At present BJP and Congress are the only two parties that rule Himachal in alternate terms. Therefore it will be interesting to see whether these two major political parties will provide any space to sports in their election manifesto or not.

विवाह प्रस्ताव की तलाश कर रहे हैं ? भारत मैट्रीमोनी में निःशुल्क रजिस्टर करें !

 


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