The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on April 14 unveiled its much-awaited manifesto ahead of the 18th Lok Sabha elections. The party’s manifesto 'Sankalp Patra' was released in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and party President JP Nadda at the BJP's headquarters in Delhi.
India to host Olympics in 2036
The ruling party at the centre announced its sports agenda through its manifesto, Sankalp Patra. The manifesto outlines a roadmap for the development of sports as it committed that it will officially host the Olympics in India in 2023 if the BJP comes to power.
"We will facilitate IOA to bid for hosting the Olympic Games in 2036, and develop sports infrastructure like stadiums and state-of-the-art training centres to host major international sporting events," the party's manifesto said.
Earlier, PM Modi declared the promise of hosting the Olympics during the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session that was held in Mumbai.
The manifesto encompasses a range of initiatives aimed at promoting sports at the grassroots level in Bharat.
"We will include more traditional sports under the Khelo India Scheme. We will incentivize sports goods manufacturing in partnership with the sports ecosystem in Bharat to take forward the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat," said the party's poll pitch for upcoming General Election polls.
"We will promote startups in sports and help create a technology ecosystem in sports," said BJP's poll pitch.
Apart from these promises, the party also added that they will expand the Khelo Indian network and continue to take other initiatives to bring up future athletes who can represent the nation with pride.
Lok Sabha elections are set to commence on April 19 and the results will be announced on June 4, 2024. The election will be held in seven phases.
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