Hooda to make efforts to get wrestling included in 2020 Olympics

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, FEB 14  

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that he would make all possible efforts to get  wrestling included in Olympics  to be held in the year 2020 and would also strive to maintain it in the Olympics. He said that race and wrestling were among the initial games of the Olympics. Wrestling is part of the  2016 Olympics to be held at Rio D Janeiro, Brazil and he would take steps to ensure that it remains a part of the future Olympics, he added.

          Mr. Hooda was speaking at a function organized to celebrate the birth anniversary of Sir Chhotu Ram  by the Sir Chhotu Ram  Trust at Chhotu Ram Dharamshala in Rohtak today.

          Paying rich tributes to Ch. Chhotu Ram and urging the people to follow the path kindled by him, Mr. Hooda said that he was a great social crusader who played a vital role to ameliorate the lot of the labourers and the poor.

          Expressing his views on problems related to farmers, Mr. Hooda said that the working group of Chief Ministers under his chairmanship has recommended to the Central Government to decide the minimum support price by adding 50 per cent profit in cost  for making farming profitable and with the support of the people, he would ensure that farmers get  this right. Also, the working group has recommended to provide subsidy on manure directly to farmers instead of mill owners and in this regard UPA Government has taken an initiative. He said that the suggestion of four per cent interest rate for farmers made by the working group has already been implemented by the Central Government. He said that the present  Government has increased the minimum support price of wheat by more than Rs 600 whereas previous NDA Government had only increased it by Rs 65. “I am not satisfied with this increase”, Mr. Hooda added.

          Discussing the farmer friendly decisions taken by the present State Government, Mr. Hooda said that the State Government had waived off the loans amounting to Rs 445 crore of 3.92 lakh farmers. After this, the rate of interest of cooperative banks was reduced to four per cent for those farmers who paid their loans on time. Also, stamp duty on loan was  abolished. For loan to buy tractor, the limit of land was reduced to one acre and various black laws concerning farmers were abolished. Under these laws farmers who failed to pay loan of Rs 5000 were sent to jail and they were charged for providing food to them in jail.

          Speaking on the occasion Chairman, Sir Chhotu Ram Trust, Mr. Birender Singh said that we need to change our thinking and to do away with our ego.

          MLA from Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Kamal Patel described Chhotu Ram as real son of motherland and an inspiration for all. He said that nation becomes strong if farmers of a nation are strong and this was thinking of Ch. Chhotu Ram.