MPP demands sports policy
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 28 2021:
In the wake of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Manipur People's Party (MPP) vice-president Dr S Ibomcha has urged the government to frame a sports policy so as to produce more world class sportspersons.
Interacting with the media, Dr Ibomcha said that the party welcomes the government's initiative of offering the post of additional SP to Mirabai and announcement to set up a world class weightlifting academy, which would help in producing more world class weightlifters.
The party also prays for Mary Kom to win a gold medal in the ongoing Tokyo games, he said while stressing the need for a proper sports policy to promote promising sportspersons of the state.