National Games to be held in Gujarat
Postponed several times due to different reasons, the National Games will be held in multiple cities in Gujarat in September-october this year, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Secretary General Rajiv Mehta said..
The IOA took the decision after Gujarat Olympic Association and the state government jointly expressed their interest to host the Games.
“The Gujarat government wrote to us that it backs the expression of interest of the state Olympic Association to host the Games and we are happy to accept their proposal,” Mehta said.
“The Games will be held in five or six cities in Gujarat, including Ahmedabad in September-october. The exact dates will be announced after a few days. We are happy that the Games will be held after a lot of delay,” he added.
Mehta said the IOA top brass took the decision in quick time because it wanted to stage the Games this year after multiple delays.
“The top brass has the power to take the decision and take approval of general house of the IOA later. In any case, we have taken approval of many NSFS and state bodies via e-mail.”