New delhi sources stated that prime minister narendra modi on friday interacted with India's top athletes amid the Covid 19 pandemic and urged them to include five points in their message to people. When speaking to the sports personalities via video conferencing call, modi emphasised on these five points. These includes 'Sankalp' to fight the pandemic, 'Sanyam' to follow social distancing, 'Sakaratmakta' to maintain positivity, 'Samman' to respect the frontline soldiers, medical fraternity, police personnel, among others, and the fifth point 'Sahyog' at personal as well as national level through contribution to the PM CARES fund.

 

modi expressed confidence in the pro-active participation by the sportsmen to fight the novel coronavirus battle in India. The prime minister also asked them to highlight the importance of both physical and mental fitness and also popularise the guidelines released by the Ministry of AYUSH. More than 40 sportsperson, including current indian cricket captain virat kohli, bcci president sourav ganguly and batting legend sachin tendulkar, badmintor star pv sindhu, hockey team captain rani Rampal joined in the meeting. sports minister kiren rijiju, along with other senior officials, maintaining social distance in the room, attended the video call.

 

Other sports personalities who participated in the video conference call were sprinter Hima Das, tennis player Ankita Raina, cricketer yuvraj singh, boxing stars M C Mary Kom and amit Panghal, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, and teenage shooting sensation manu Bhaker. All sporting activities are currently shut and it is still not clear when normalcy will resume. The much-anticipated indian Premier League is among the big-ticket indian events suspended till april 15.

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