Gani defeats Sanjay in Bajalta wrestling event

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU Oct 31: Saying that sports hold big promise for career advancement of youth, former MLA and BJP leader Devender Singh Rana today called for societal responsibility in promotion of games.
“Sports is not only beneficial for overall physical growth but lately it has emerged as a big incentive in shaping careers”, Rana said at the concluding function of Bajalta Wrestling Competition, while expressing satisfaction over traditional rural sports making a big comeback.
Abdul Gani of Muneerkotla defeated Sanjay Gujjar of Delhi and clinched the winner’s trophy in the tournament, organized by Dangal Committee Bain Bajalta in which wrestlers from Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh besides Jammu participated. In all 75 bouts were held in the tournament.
Congratulating the winner, runner up and others who participated in the tournament, Rana expressed happiness over wrestling remaining popular among Indian youth, notwithstanding slight setbacks to the sport across the world over the years. Now, the sport is flourishing and becoming equally important and glamorous. This is a good omen for the rural activity, which has been very popular for centuries, he added.
He urged the youngsters to participate in the game in a big way and prepare for various national and international events with a sense of commitment.
“Like any other sport, the youngsters can take wrestling as a profession”, he said adding that this calls for patience, resilience, devotion and hard work.
He complimented the sports lovers for cheering up the wrestlers saying encouragement inspires them to give their best.
Those present at the concluding function included Ch Rehmat Ali, BDC Nagrota, Dharamveer Singh Jamwal, Ashok Singh Manhas, Narayan Sharma, Ab Hussain, Ilyas, Attar Hussain, Maqsood Husain, Raju Raj Mohd, Ashiq Hussain, Hussain Ali, Zulfiqar, Teru Ram Sharma, Gopal Dass and others.
Earlier Devender Singh Rana inaugurated a multi brand kitchen appliances and cookwares at Channi Himmat, a venture by young entrepreneurs Ajay Gupta and Raman Gupta.