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Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu has said that if India has to shine in sports at international level then sports should be given equal importance alongwith education at school level. The central government is ready to give all support to state governments for giving importance to sports in schools, he added.
He said that the BJP government at the centre is working in coordination with people for nation’s growth. Talking to media persons at Thoothukudi airport he said that the country was suffering from corruption, violence against women for more than 60 years.
Later, Venkaiah Naidu garlanded the statue of freedom fighter Veera Pandya Kattabomman at the Panchalan Kurichi Fort in Thoothukudi. He then inaugurated an exhibition regarding freedom movement.
Union Minister of State for Road Transport Highways and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, BJP state chief Dr Thamisiai Soundarajan accompanied the Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu.