Narsingh Yadav will not be able to participate in the Rio Olympics, if there is no new development:Vijay Goel

Sports Minister Vijay Goel informed the Rajya Sabha that if there is no new development then Wrestler Narsingh Yadav who is provisionally suspended will not be able to participate in the Rio Olympics.

“We have already stated that Narsingh is provisionally suspended and if there is no new development, he would not be able to go to the Olympics,” he said replying to questions.

Goel said the government was in the process of setting up 19 centres for specialised games. “Our government wants to give importance to sports and we are working with “Target Olympics Podium”, for which customised training is also being provided to sports personnel to help win more and more medals for the country,” he said.

He said government is also taking the help of corporates for promotion of sports in the country. Goel added that no work is being done on the scheme involving MPs and it will be restarted after reworking it and after receiving more suggestions from MPs.

The Minister also said that Sports is a state subject and the states have to increase the fund allocation for its promotion as central government cannot alone take the burden of promoting sports and providing funds.