Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the athletes who will represent India at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, here on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the athletes who will represent India at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, here on Monday.
PM Modi will interact informally with sportspersons, and wish them luck for the August-bound Games.
“Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will meet the athletes who shall be representing India at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,” an official release said.
“Shri Modi will meet the Olympic contingent at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on Monday.
“The Prime Minister will interact informally with the sportspersons, and wish them well for their performance in the world’s biggest sporting arena,” the release said.
India will send its biggest contingent in the Olympic Games with more than 100 athletes having already qualified in 13 sporting disciplines. The previous highest was 83 at the 2012 Olympics in London.
More athletes are likely to qualify in the coming days, and the sports ministry and the Indian Olympic Association are expecting more than 110 to represent the country at the Games.
Several of the Rio-qualified athletes are currently training abroad and it is not clear how many will be able to meet the PM.
The IOA, on other hand, said its senior vice-president has not been invited by the sports ministry for the meeting.
