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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gandhinagar is set to host a cricket and kabaddi league – named the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Premier League 370, or GLPL 370, after Article 370 – with the dual of encouraging the sport among youth and engaging them. is with purpose. with BJP.
The Gandhinagar constituency is represented by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Harshad Patel, BJP in-charge of Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, told ThePrint that 1400 teams have already enrolled under cricket and 400 teams for kabaddi.
The party’s state unit general secretary Pradeep Singh Vaghela said Shah was “Gujarat’s favorite person” and it was he who illegal Article 370 To revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir And so the BJP decided to name the league after Article 370.
,the love of youth (Amit Shah) oar is bigger Article 370 after removing, (The love of the youth for him has increased after the abrogation of Article 370),” Vaghela said.
Patel said the aim of the league is to connect more and more youth to the BJP and at the same time increase their participation in sports.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also emphasized on increasing India’s participation in sports. So the purpose of organizing this tournament is to encourage the youth for any sporting activity. Initially we have started with cricket and kabaddi but there will be tournaments in athletics as well.
The league will be played from December to January.
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More teams to join later
Patel said the idea is to have at least 2,000 cricket teams.
“A booth will work as a team. The idea is to have 2,000 teams as of now. There are some Muslim-majority constituencies, so we’ll see how it pans out. we have small front (minority unit), which will reach these constituencies as well,” he said.
Currently, only male participation is allowed, with an age limit of 18 years. “We want to inspire first-time voters to participate. The teams will be entirely young and the upper limit will be 25.”
“At present we will organize the program in the afternoon and we are planning to organize something for the girls as well,” she said. It will become a platform where youth will be able to interact with BJP workers and leaders and understand our party.
‘Collective decision’ to name league after Article 370
Asked whether it was the Home Minister’s idea to organize the tournament, Patel said a meeting was held in which Shah had said that the country has done well in the Olympics (2020) and something needs to be done from the organization level.
Asked whether the name of the league was also suggested by Shah, Patel called it a “collective decision”.
“Gandhinagar Lok Sabha comprises of 15-20 MLAs, senior members of the organization decided that such a name would help in giving a political message and also connect youth with cricket and BJP. We hope Amit Shah Yes Will come for the opening ceremony,” Patel said.
Even with the idea of encouraging people to join the BJP, Patel said the contestants do not need to be BJP supporters to play.
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