PM Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the Sansad Khel Mahakumbh in Basti today. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was also present in this inauguration ceremony to be held at Shaheed Satyawan Singh Stadium. PM Narendra Modi also watched the Balika Kho-Kho match between Harraiya vs Sadar online.
The MP Khel Mahakumbh to be held at the district level will run from January 18 to 28. There will be 30 types of games including cricket, kho-kho, handball, badminton, basketball, hockey, football, volleyball, running, discus throw, shot put, long jump, taekwondo high jump, table tennis, chess, carrom board.
This Khel Mahakumbh will continue till January 28. The stadium has been attractively decorated for the Khel Mahakumbh. Eight LEDs have been installed on the ground, along with colouring, 20,000 balloons have been installed on the entire ground. The stadium has been barricaded from all sides. The winning players of block level games should be present on the stadium ground. Whose number is about 53 thousand.