Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing expat Indians in New York right this moment, mentioned India is attempting its finest to host the 2036 Olympics. Talking on the glittering “Modi And US” occasion at Lengthy Island’s Nassau Coliseum, PM Modi mentioned growth is now changing into a “individuals’s motion” in India.
“Bharat right this moment is a land of alternatives. Bharat does not await alternatives… It creates alternatives,” he mentioned, mentioning that during the last 10 years, 25 crore individuals got here out of poverty in a single era. 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 informed the expat Indians in his handle, 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 high 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 mentioned the intention was to make India among the many high 5 sports activities nations by 2047.
“In Viksit Bharat, particular impetus must be given to the sports activities sector as we intention to develop ourselves in each sector. By 2047, our aim is to be among the many high 5 nations in sports activities. To attain this aim and guarantee we don’t miss the 2047 alternative, we should create world-class sportspersons,” he mentioned.
India had ended its marketing campaign on the just lately concluded Paris Olympics with six medals, together with 5 bronze and a silver.