Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government was focussed on identification of merit and eliminating nepotism in sports, whereas the previous Congress-led regimes only "harvested the produce of scams".
Addressing a rally here in Sonipat district in the run-up to the October 21 Haryana Assembly polls, he said, "Our jawans and sportspersons gave historic performances in the Commonwealth Games, which were hit by scams earlier (during the UPA rule) and brought disgrace. The question is, what change has been brought now?"
Pointing out that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was making as many sportspersons as possible stakeholders in politics and national policy, Modi said, "The famous wrestlers whom we have fielded in the "dangal" (poll arena) is a result of that thinking only."
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