NTR district-level contest of Aadudam Andhra begins in Vijayawada
The Hindu
NTR district-level contest of Aadudam Andhra begins in Vijayawada
The State government is organising ‘Aadudam Andhra’, the annual sports festival, in a grand manner to promote a healthy lifestyle among people by introducing the sports culture, said NTR District Collector S. Dilli Rao.
After inaugurating the district-level competition of ‘Aadudam Andhra’ on January 31 (Wednesday) in Vijayawada, Mr. Dilli Rao said the competition was held in 605 gramas/wards in the district. Those who won here were qualified for the mandal-level and constituency-level contest, and then from here players were qualified for the district-level programme.
He said 69 matches would be held at the district-level for three days in the sporting categories of Cricket, Volleyball, Kabaddi, Kho Kho and Badminton categories. Those winning in the district-level contest can participate in the State-level contest in Visakhapatnam on February 6.
Those winning the first, second and third prizes at the State-level contest will get ₹5 lakh, ₹3 lakh and ₹2 lakh respectively.
Players, coaches and officers from all seven constituencies of the district, Vijayawada Mayor R. Bhagyalakshmi, District Sports Development Officer S.A. Aziz were among those present.
Political economist Parakala Prabhakar has described the exit poll results as “fudged figures”, saying that those would benefit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) only. “False predictions were given with the sole objective of helping the NDA in rigging during the counting,” alleged Mr. Prabhakar, after releasing a book titled ‘Avineeti Chakravarthi Narendra Modi’ penned by former Minister Vadde Shobanadreeswara Rao, here, on June 2 (Sunday).