Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing expat Indians in New York in the present day, stated India is making an attempt its finest to host the 2036 Olympics. Talking on the glittering “Modi And US” occasion at Lengthy Island’s Nassau Coliseum, PM Modi stated improvement is now changing into a “folks’s motion” in India.
“Bharat in the present day is a land of alternatives. Bharat does not await alternatives… It creates alternatives,” he stated, declaring that during the last 10 years, 25 crore folks got here out of poverty in a single technology. The aspiration to host the Olympics is a part of this forward-looking coverage the place the nation will “not cease”.
“Only some days in the past, the Paris Olympics concluded. Very quickly, you’ll witness the Olympics in India too. We’re placing in all doable efforts to host the 2036 Olympics,” PM Modi instructed the expat Indians in his deal with, held after a glittering cultural occasion.
Final week, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya had spoken of India’s aspiration to host the 2036 Olympics and end within the prime 10 within the medals tally. Talking on the ‘Viksit Bharat Ambassador – Yuva Join’ initiative at a school in Pune, the Union Sports activities and Youth Affairs Minister stated the goal was to make India among the many prime 5 sports activities nations by 2047.
“In Viksit Bharat, particular impetus must be given to the sports activities sector as we goal to develop ourselves in each sector. By 2047, our aim is to be among the many prime 5 international locations in sports activities. To attain this aim and guarantee we don’t miss the 2047 alternative, we should create world-class sportspersons,” he stated.
India had ended its marketing campaign on the just lately concluded Paris Olympics with six medals, together with 5 bronze and a silver.