NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the thirty sixth All India Advocates’ Cricket Match on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday. Throughout the occasion, CM Yogi was seen taking part in cricket and fascinating with the contributors.
Addressing the gathered advocates, he highlighted the significance of teamwork in sports activities and mentioned, “Sports activities instil in us the worth of working as a crew.The extra we domesticate teamwork, the better our probabilities of success. Conversely, the absence of teamwork amplifies the chance of failure.”
CM Yogi unveiled the match trophy, posed with crew captains, and distributed sports activities kits to the gamers. He praised India’s current achievements in varied sports activities occasions, together with the Olympics, Paralympics, and Asian Video games.
Highlighting state initiatives, he talked about that athletes from Uttar Pradesh who received medals had been honoured, with monetary incentives supplied: Rs 6 crore for Olympic gold, Rs 3 crore for silver, and Rs 1 crore for bronze in particular person occasions.
He mentioned that the state’s dedication to supporting athletes, mentioning direct appointments for medal winners like Lalit Upadhyay and Parul Chaudhary as deputy superintendents of police.
CM Yogi additionally spoke about welfare measures for advocates, together with elevating the Advocate Welfare Fund to Rs 500 crore and rising compensation for deceased advocates’ households from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
Concluding his tackle, he urged for a girls’s advocates crew to take part in future tournaments, recognising girls’s rising achievements throughout all fields. The occasion was attended by senior judges of the Allahabad Excessive Court docket’s Lucknow bench and different dignitaries, together with Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh.
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