Lucknow, 29 Aug (HS): On National Sports Day, Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid respect to Hockey Magician Major Dhyan

Chand, saying that every athlete is a great societal hero. Yogi Adityanath

marked Major Dhyan Chand's birth anniversary and encouraged young people to include

discipline and athletics into their everyday life.

The state's first sports university in Meerut is named after Major Dhyan Chand,

and classes have already begun. The government is constructing a sports college

in each commissionerate, along with specific centers of excellence. Uttar

Pradesh adopts a 2% horizontal reservation policy for qualified sportspeople in

government employment, successfully recruiting over 500 sportsmen into state

departments.

In a post on X, he mentiomed, “On the birth anniversary of

the wizard of hockey, 'Padma Bhushan' Major Dhyan Chand, humble tribute and

heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to all players and the people of the

state on 'National Sports Day'. Let us make sports the culture of life, discipline

our identity, and the pride, honor, and glory of the tricolor our supreme goal.

This will be the true tribute to Major Dhyan Chand and will form the foundation

of the strong, healthy, and confident youth power for a 'Developed India'.”

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi