Sat. Apr 20th, 2024
Narendra Modi and Kidambi Srikanth

Thailand Open and Australia Open champion Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Friday was present at the inauguration of Asia’s finest multi-purpose stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. There his happiness had no limits when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Modi and Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani were present along with eminent Sportspersons and Olympians – Bhaichung Bhutia, Anup Kumar, Srikanth  Kadambi, Gagan Narang, Sushil Kumar, Pullela Gopichand, Irfan Pathan, Parthiv Patel, Deepa Malik and Udit Sheth, Managing Director, TransStadia at the inauguration ceremony.

To express his happiness and gratitude, Kidambi later took to Twitter posting a picture of him with Narendra Modi, saying, “I feel honoured to meet you and talk to you sir. I can’t ask for anything else. This photo just says how happy I am.”

PM Modi appreciated his success and congratulated him for his recent wins along with cricketer Parthiv Patel.

At the inauguration, PM Modi said, “Ten years ago, this spot in Kankaria was completely different with only a single old building. Now after the completion of Udit’s dream, this beautiful structure in the form of a world-class multi-purpose stadium, is in front of the country for all to see.

I would insist all the sportspersons present here to go through the various facilities that TransStadia offers from across the globe, right here in India, so they can motivate the youth of ‘New India’. I would request all the schools in Gujarat and Gujarat Government to get their students to witness the facilities present at The Arena so they know the world class technology and science required to achieve sporting glory.

Sports play a vital role in the life of an individual. Today sports is a viable career opportunity for youngsters. The sweat and hard work of sportspersons is a different kind of service to the nation which gives billions of us a reason to stand tall with pride. I am confident that in the coming years India will become a bigger power in sports globally.”

By Naman