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The newly-appointed sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that the best of opportunities will be provided to all sportspersons in their endeavour to make India a strong sporting nation.
The 47-year-old Athens Olympics silver medallist was made the sports minister in place of Vijay Goel in a major reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
Rathore said the focus will be on winning medals at all levels.
The former world championship silver medallist added:
After taking premature retirement from the Indian Army, Rathore joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2013 and was sworn in as minister of state for information and broadcasting when the Modi government came to power in May 2014.
When asked about the new education policy, he said, "The point is that education just doesn't happen in schools and colleges. The education for life happens in sports grounds and that's where we come in.”
(With inputs from PTI)
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