Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who also holds the Sports portfolio, on Tuesday reiterated his resolve to include Kabaddi in Olympic curriculum inviting cooperation from neighbouring nations for accelerating the move in this regard.
Sukhbir, whose brainchild of hosting 'Kabaddi World Cup' has gained "popularity" in African, Australian and latin American Continent, gave green signal to honour the winning India Kabbadi team with prize money of Rs two crore, Rs one crore and Rs 51 lakh for the winners, runners up and third position holder team respectively. Indian Men and women teams have emerged victorious at the last Kabaddi World Cup.
He said that his move of mooting proposal for inclusion of Kabaddi in Commonwealth and Olympics would definitely show results in the coming years. “I would invite the special attention of neighbouring nations, where this traditional sport has extraordinary passion amongst people to expedite the efforts in this regard so this mission could be achieved at the earliest,” he said.