Overview

• Manoj Sinha attended the Bijbehara Premier League trophy unveiling in Anantnag and praised the event as J&K’s premier cricket competition
• He reported youth engagement rising from 2.5 lakh to 40 lakh over five years following targeted infrastructure investments and a player-centered approach
• Sinha highlighted the league’s emergence as an anti-drug initiative by channeling young people’s energy into organized sport
• He noted the peaceful conduct of this year’s Amarnath Yatra, with over 4.14 lakh pilgrims, as evidence of growing regional cohesion
• He framed these sports advances within a broader ‘Naya Jammu and Kashmir’ vision and credited Prime Minister Modi’s Development Package for underpinning the upgrades