Chief Minister Cricket Championship organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) was inaugurated simultaneously in 744 Mandals of the party on Saturday.
On Saturday 2,672 matches were played in 384 Mandals of 42 districts, across Madhya Pradesh.
BJP State president and MP Narendra Singh Tomar formally inaugurated the competition in Jora Mandal of the Morena district. Speaking on the occasion Tomar said that the competition organised by the BJYM would help the talent up to Mandal level to come forward.
BJYM State president Amardeep Mourya formally inaugurated the championship in lahar Mandal of the Bhind district. Addressing the youngsters on the occasion Mourya said that the competition organised at Mandal level on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekanand would prove to be an event for comprehensive development of the youth through sports besides bringing the youth to the party fold and adopt its ideology.
In the State capital Bhopal matches were played in eight Mandals under the championship. Bhopal Development Authority (BDA) Chairman Surendranath Singh, MlAs Dhruvnarayan Singh and Jitendra Daga inaugurated the competition.
In other parts of the state the Chief Minister Cricket Championship was inaugurated in Hoshangabad by forest minister Sartaj Singh, in Bhind BJYM general secretary Dipak Singh Bhadoriya, in Jabalpur Abhishek Pande and other leaders in their respective areas.
Mourya said that in the first phase of the championship Mandal level competition is being organised, from June 2 to 5, matches would be played at district level.
In the second and third phase the matches would be played at divisional and state level, he added.
He called on the youth to make the competition a huge success.