The third edition of ‘Fit India Freedom Run’ was jointly launched by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur and Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium here on Sunday on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
Started by the Modi Government during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the third edition of the ‘Fit India Freedom Run’ will go on until October 31.
Also present were former Health Minister Harshvardhan, Secretary Sports Sujata Chaturvedi, Director General, Sports Authority of India Shri Sandip Pradhan, Fit India ambassador Ripu Daman Bevli as well as other officials from the Sports Ministry and SAI along with a large number of participants.
Reiterating the Prime Minister’s ‘vision’, Rijiju said, “When Shri Narendra Modi launched the Fit India movement in 2019, his vision was to make the entire nation fit. This movement over the years has now become such a massive success. Everyone is now interested to join the movement and the Fit India mobile app is also being downloaded with much enthusiasm every single day.”
Echoing his sentiments on the same lines, Thakur mentioned, “From Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to Amrit Kaal, we have to keep working towards Prime Minister’s vision of taking India to new heights and the way to reach the goal is to take our fitness to a new level.”
Urging for a record number of participants in this edition of the Freedom Run, Thakur added, “There is no better occasion than to start the third edition of this successful run on Gandhi Jayanti and culminate it on Ekta Divas – the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Oct 31.
“Last year, the total participation reached 9 crore 30 lakh and we have to give a lot of strength to double the participation numbers,” he said.