Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Flags Off All Women Fit India Walkathon on International Women’s Day

Khel Today Repoter

New Delhi: To commemorate International Women’s Day, the Fit India Movement in association with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) organised an All Women Fit India Walkathon at Delhi’s Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium.

The 2km event, was flagged off by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports  Kiren Rijiju, who said “Our Secretary of Youth Affairs Smt. Usha Sharma herself is leading this All Women’s Fit India Walkathon which has thousands of volunteers from NYKS participating in it across the country. With this, we want to lead by example and show that women can do anything they set their mind to and they are always in priority for us.”

The walkathon was led by the Secretary of Youth Affairs Usha Sharma and Fit India Mission Director  Ekta Vishnoi. Similar walkathons are being organised in 1000 venues across India .

Over 500 NYKS volunteers participated in the event in Delhi which also celebrated125 years of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.