Madhya Pradesh will host the fifth Khelo India Youth Games from January 31

The fifth Khelo India Youth Games will be organized in January-February in Madhya Pradesh. Games will be organized in 8 cities of the state- Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Mandla, Maheshwar, and Balaghat. In which more than 7 thousand players will participate in 30 sports. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur announced this at the sports decoration ceremony held in Delhi on Thursday.

During this program, the torch of the fifth Khelo India Youth Games was handed over to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In this function, players of Madhya Pradesh gave a wonderful presentation of Mallakhamba, The guests present in the program highly appreciated that.

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said, "I thank the Hon'ble Prime Minister from the bottom of my heart for giving Madhya Pradesh the chance to host the Khelo India Youth Games. We promise to make it the most special Khelo India games ever and host it keeping in mind our philosophy of 'Atithi Devo Bhava'.

Madhya Pradesh will be the fifth Indian state to host the game

This is the fifth event of the Khelo India Youth Games. It started in the year 2018. So far it has been organized in Delhi, Pune (Maharashtra), Guwahati (Assam), and Panchkula (Haryana). In the last edition, Haryana had organized the tournament.

During this, more than 7 thousand players will come from all over the country to participate in 30 sports. It is a multi-sports event. Only players under 22 years of age can participate. Youth Games have given our nation talented players like Hima Das, Saurabh Chaudhary, Mehuli Ghosh, Manu Bhaker, Unnati Hooda, Akarshi Kashyap.

The upcoming edition of this tournament will feature a total of 27 disciplines. In addition, the water sports will include for the first time in the history of the games. New disciplines like Canoe Slalom, Kayaking, Canoeing and Rowing will also feature alongside the usual sports and indigenous games.