The Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is organsing Yamuna Challenge Cricket Trophy 2017 to assimilate the youth with the social activities of the party.
Making and announcement on Tuesday, Delhi BJP unit chief Manoj Tiwari said, “For us, the BJP is not only a political party, it is also a medium of social progress. For this purpose, the party is on the one hand initiating campaigns like 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' and on the other is also organising social, cultural and sports activities.”
Tiwari also said sports is helpful in building character of the youth and with this objective we organise sports competitions every year. “The objective of the Prime Minister Narender Modi is to connect the youth of the country with BJP and nation building and this tournament is a step in that direction,” he added.
In 2016 also, Delhi BJP oragnised “Khel Dilli Khel” competition “This year we have decided to organize a Cricket Tournament in which about 280 Zonal level Teams will participate. A state level committee has been formed for the tournament and at the Parliamentary Constituency level all the MPs will head the Management Committees and District Presidents will help them,” said the actor turned politician.
Meenakshi lekhi, Pravesh Verma and Dr Udit Raj, famous Singer Mohit Chauhan and many office bearers were present on this occasion.
The inaugural match of Yamuna Challenge Cricket Trophy 2017 will be held on November28 in East Delhi Sports Complex, Tahirpur and the final match will be played on December 25 in Firoz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Stadium.
“The winning team will get Rs 5 lakh and the runners up will get Rs . 3 lakh as Price Money. The III and IV placed teams will get 60-60 thousand rupees each and the V and VI placed team will get 50-50 thousand each,” Delhi BJP chief announced.