Punjab Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi has sought assistance from the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports under various centrally sponsored schemes besides discussing the matters pertaining to sprucing up of sports infrastructure in the state.
Sodhi had paid a courtesy call to the Union Minister of State (independent charge) Youth Affairs and Sports Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at New Delhi.
Giving details, Sodhi said that he emphatically put forward Punjab’s case for receiving maximum assistance from the Union Ministry under various centrally sponsored schemes.
He said that it was demanded that priority, in terms of allotting projects to the states under ‘Khelo India’ plan, be accorded to Punjab.
“The Union Minister assured every possible assistance to Punjab for betterment of its sports infrastructure and allotment of central projects to the state aimed at welfare of the players,” he said while thanking the Union Minister for positive response with regard to the state’s demands.
Both the ministers, being former trap shooters of international repute, also recalled the days of their respective sports careers and camaraderie.
It is worth mentioning that Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver medal in 2004 Athens Olympics while Rana Sodhi, being the Trap Shooter of international level, had remained national champion five times and was the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Awardee of the first batch.