Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday said sports is necessary to imbibe discipline and promoting fraternity among the youth.
“We should not forget the true power and valuable lessons that sports can provide which include discipline, teamwork, sacrifice, sportsmanship and above all winning and losing graciously,” said the Chief Minister, while presiding over the closing ceremony of ‘Shimla Rural Cricket Cup’ at Sunni in Shimla rural constituency along with his wife and former Member of Parliament Pratibha Singh.
He said variety of sports activities bring a lot of positive opportunities for us. Facing challenges of sports teaches one to overcome the challenges of the life as well as survive in a competitive society, he said.
The Chief Minister said Shimla rural had witnessed massive development during last four-and-a-half-years of the present Government regime. Much more needs to be done. Development is a continuous process and to ensure development of every Panchayat and every constituency was the responsibility of my Government, he said.
He said there was no limit of development and with every passing day we step into something new to be done.
Virbhadra also appreciated the endeavour of State Youth Congress president, Vikramaditya Singh for hosting such an event. He said Vikramaditya was an elected leader and not nominated and we should believe in this type of democratic set up. As many as 218 teams participated in the tournament playing 217 matches.
The tournament was inaugurated by Vikramaditya Singh on April 2. Continued for 29 days, as many as 2,834 players participated in the ever biggest rural cricket tournament. The CM also distributed prizes to the players and handed over the trophy along with a cash prize of Rs1,00,000 to the winning team. Besides, he handed over the runners up trophy and cash prize of Rs50,000 to the runner up team. He also congratulated all the participating teams and said it was not important to win or lose but most important was the participation.