A yoga enthusiast, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi could easily be a poster boy for fitness. After all, in the episode of Bear Grylls Man vs Wild, he did prove he doesn't tire as easily. So it would come as no surprise when PM Modi announces the Fit India Movement.
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In his speech to the nation on Independence Day this year, he said, “We cannot think of an unhealthy society, we cannot think of an uneducated society. In the 21st century India, the ability to fulfil dreams starts with a person, starts with a family. If the population is not educated, not healthy, then neither the home nor the country can be happy.”
Again on his 'Mann ki Baat' address on August 25, he said, he will launch the 'Fit India Movement' on August 29.
"We have to keep ourselves fit and the nation has to be made fit," he said. And now the day is finally here! The PM launched the movement at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
He will also address the people gathered at the venue and administer a fitness pledge.
'Today, on National Sports Day we pledge to strength Fit India Movement!' Modi tweeted. In support of the PM, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted, “I am also happy to know that the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi himself is going to launch the #FitIndiaMovement today to mark the National Sports Day. I appeal to everyone to join this fitness movement and make a ‘Fitter & Better India’.”
At the launch, after thanking all the officials present for participation, Modi urged everyone in the country to take up some form of sporting activity. "On this day a great sportsperson was born, Major Dhyan Chand. He amazed the world with his fitness, stamina, and hockey stick," he said honouring the late sportsman.
"Today is also the day to congratulate our young players, who are constantly giving new glory to the glory of the tricolour on the world stage. Be it Badminton, Tennis, Athletics, Boxing, Wrestling or other sports, our players are giving new wings to our expectations and aspirations. The medals won by them is the result of his austerity and austerity, it is also a measure of new India's new passion and new confidence," he said in his speech. In the fitness mission, Modi added, that the government only aims to be a catalyst.
