Ahmedabad, June 30:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he wants to change the widely held public perception that sports cannot be taken up as a career.
“There is a mentality among people that sports cannot be taken up as a career. I want to change that thought process,” he said.
Modi was speaking after inaugurating a modern sports complex in Maninagar area of the city.
‘The Arena’ is a state-of-the-art facilities and has been built on public-private-partnership model between the Gujarat government and TransStadia Group.
“Sportspersons, when they interact with common people, are generally asked it is okay that you play at state level or national level but what do you do for a living,” Modi said. (PTI)
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