PM to address opening ceremony of Khelo India Varsity Games

PM Modi will inaugurate the First-Ever Khelo India Games via video conferencing. The Khelo India University Games are being launched by the Government of India in association with the Government of the State of Odisha.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall be addressing the Opening Ceremony of the First-Ever Khelo India Games in the country, being played at Bhubaneswar, on the 22nd of February 2020.

PM Modi will inaugurate the Games via video conferencing. The Khelo India University Games are being launched by the Government of India in association with the Government of the State of Odisha.

"The Khelo India Programme, a brainchild of the Prime Minister was introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level by building a strong framework for all sports played in the country and establish India as a great sporting nation," the statement said.

This is the largest ever competition held at the university level in India and will have about 3500 athletes from over 150 universities across the country taking part in it.

There will be a total of 17 sports namely archery, athletics, boxing, fencing, judo, swimming, weightlifting, wrestling, badminton, basketball, football, hockey, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, rugby and kabaddi.

(ANI Report)