Kathmandu, Dec 29: Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has highlighted the importance of sports for achieving a healthy body.
Inaugurating the national assembly of democratic sportspersons and sports enthusiasts organized by the Nepal Democratic Sports Association’s national conventional central committee here today, leader Deuba asserted, “Like healthy body needs healthy mind, sports had an important role in maintaining a healthy body.”
According to him, there is a large number of youth in the sports sector; sports and exercise play significant roles in their career development.
He mentioned that NC had accorded top priority to the issues of youth and sports and called for an effective continuation of the President Running Shield that is being conducted in various parts of the country.
Similarly, Minister for Youth and Sports Tejulal Chaudhary shared that discussions were underway to make necessary arrangements for budget starting from the upcoming fiscal year to support education for the sportspersons who have shed sweats for the country.
Underscoring the importance of discipline in sports, he cautioned to take action against any sports associations not abiding by rules and regulations.
Also speaking in the inaugural programme, NC leader Mohan Bahadur Basnet urged party cadres and leaders to gear up to organize the party’s national convention within the mid-April, 2025.
Nepal Democratic Sports Association’s President Devendra Kumar Sherchan pledged to play its ‘part’ to putting an end to aberration and anomalies in the sports sector.
Present in the programme were NC leaders and office-bearers of various sports organizations. RSS #Nepal
