Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Deb Varma inaugurated the NorthEast Zone Interstate Badminton Championship at the NSRCC in Agartala on Thursday September 8.

The Deputy Chief Minister wrote in Facebook that the 8 sister states under one roof.

He said that the NorthEast has made the Nation proud by giving various National sports Icons.
He continued, the sun rises from Arunachal to light up India, Manipur the land of jewels has given Mary Kom, Assam gave Hima Das, the small Himalayan state Sikkim gave Baichung Bhutia.

He further said that Meghalaya the Abode of clouds where archery and football is famous, Mizoram gave Aiborlang Khongjee, 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.

Deputy Chief Minister stated that these are just a few of the names and there are many and many more to come in the future.
He greeted all teams by writing “Best of luck to all the teams” and said “May the best Team win”.