RS Praveen Kumar asks state to reconsider decision to close 24 sports academies

Hyderabad: BRS leader RS ​​Praveen Kumar on Wednesday condemned the Congress government’s decision to close all 24 social welfare Sports academies, shattering the dreams of many aspiring sportspersons from the downtrodden sections.

The academies, established during the administration of former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, aimed to nurture raw talent from underprivileged backgrounds.

Today is another sad day for Telangana. The government has effectively shut down all the coaches and fired all the coaches en masse,” Praveen Kumar posted on X.

He expressed concern that this decision will affect the young sportspersons who thought to get out of poverty through Sports. In videos circulating online, children from these academies pleaded with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to reinstate their coaches.

Praveen Kumar also tagged AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Lok Sabha leader Rahul Gandhi and questioned the party’s integrity while pointing out hypocrisy in the party’s stance.

If Rahul Gandhi holds the Constitution with one hand and promises to protect it, Revanth Reddy is destroying the dreams of the downtrodden and the same Constitution promises to support them.

“In Haryana, you are glorifying athletes like Vinesh Phogat, but in Telangana, you are killing the dreams of poor girls who aspire to be the next Vinesh or Babita,” he said, urging the Congress government to reconsider its decision and keep these children. their dreams.