Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs today organised a sports programme for Parliamentarians. This is a continuing feature during sessions of Parliament. Three categories of games were included this time, namely, three-legged race, musical chairs and kho-kho. 42 MPs from both the Houses participated in the events held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Seven teams took part in three-legged race, 4 in kho-kho while there were 16 participants in the musical chairs event. Two teams shared the 1st prize in the three-legged race. These consisted of Shri Sripad Naik & Shri Vanlal Zawma and Smt. Ranjeet Ranjan & Shri M.M. Pallam Raju. IInd prize went to Shri V. Narayanasamy & Shri Basudeb Barman while the IIIrd prize went to Col. G. Nizamuddin & Shri Santosh Bagrodia. In the musical chairs event, the first prize went to Shri Tarlochan Singh whereas second prize went to Shri E. Ahamed and the third prize to Shri Madhu Goud Yashki. In kho-kho, the first prize went to the team of Shri M.M. Pallam Raju, Shri Ramswaroop Koli & Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni; the second prize went to Shri Naveen Jindal, Smt. Ranjeet Ranjan & Shri Mohan Rawale; whereas the third prize was won by Shri Madhu Goud Yashki, Col. G. Nizamuddin & Shri V. Narayanasamy. Besides the participants, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Shri Sunil Khan, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal & Shri Manjunath Kunnur were also present on the occasion.
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad gave away the prizes to the winners.
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