NE Zone Inter-state Open Badminton Championship begins in Tripura
Agartala, Sep 08, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Agartala, Sept 08: Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma on Thursday inaugurated the North East Zone Inter-state Open Badminton Championship at the NSRCC in Agartala.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Deputy Chief Minister said, the event brought all the 8 sister states of the North East under one roof.
Highlighting the North East’s contribution the Sports arena, he said, the North East has made the Nation Proud by giving our motherland National sports Icons- the sun rises from Arunachal to light up India, Manipur, the land of jewels, has given us Mary Kom, Assam has given Hima Das, Baichung Bhutia is from small Himalayan state Sikkim, Aiborlang Khongjee is from Meghalaya, the abode of clouds where archery and football is famous, Mizoram where football is played by almost all; there is also H. Lal Ruatfeli (hockey), Viseyie Koso from Nagaland, and Somdev Dev Varman and Dipa Karmakar represented Tripura, the land of history and culture, in the international level.
In a social media post, Dev Varma wrote, “Most of us are small states and we have proved to all that small is beautiful. These are just a few of the names there are many and many more to come in the future.”
Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation DIpak Majumder, president of Tripura Gymnastics Association Rajib Bhattacharjee, and many other dignitaries were present in the inaugural session.
The event has been organized by the Badminton Association of Tripura under the aegis of Badminton Association of India. The badminton championship will continue till September 11.