By TC News Desk
Agartala: September 08. Deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Varma today inaugurated North East Zone Interstate Badminton Championship at the NSRCC in Agartala. On Facebook the Deputy Chief Minister said the 8 sister states under one roof.
” 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 Hina Das, from small Himalayan state Sikkim , Baichung Bhutia, from Meghalaya the Abode of clouds where archery and football is famous Aiborlang Khongjee, Mizoram where football is played by almost all there is also H. Lal Ruatfeli ( hockey), from Nagaland the land of the proud Nagas Viseyie Koso and, from Tripura the land of history and culture Somdev Dev Varman, Deepa Karmakar”.
He further claimed that these are just a few of the names there are many and many more to come in the future . “Best of luck to all the teams. May the best Team win”, he added.