Correct Answer : Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan chief minister "Ashok Gehlot" on Monday(29th Aug 2022) inaugurated a month-long Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games in Jodhpur.
* The village olympics is expected to see the participation of 44,000 villages across Rajasthan, with nearly 30 lakh people across various age groups already registering themselves for the games. Out of the 30 lakh participants, 9 lakh are women.
* Games like volleyball, hockey, tennis ball cricket and kho kho will be part of the events.
* The rural olympics organised in eleven thousand gram panchayats across the state is an outreach to the rural population, especially the rural youth.
* "We are a
135 crore-strong country but medals go to other nations despite us being such a big country. This pain was there in everybody's heart and this beginning has been made keeping this pain in mind," said Mr Gehlot..
Source : NDTV
