Kiren Rijiju Assures Full Support to MP Man who Ran 100m in 11 Seconds

Guwahati, August 17, 2019:

Acting on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan's request, the Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday assured support to Rameshwar Singh, an unknown man from Madhya Pradesh, whose video of running 100 metres in 11 seconds has gone viral on social media platforms.

On Friday, Chouhan took to Twitter to share a video of the unknown man Rameshwar, in which the Madhya Pradesh local is seen completing an 100m dash in 11 seconds barefoot.

Taking to Twitter, Rijiju wrote, "I'll arrange to put him at an athletic academy." Reacting to Rijiju's tweet, Chouhan wrote, "Thank you, Kiren ji."

Soon after, the sports ministry assured "all support to the 24-year-old" man.

"Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has assured all support to 24-yr-old Rameshwar Singh. He has been called to #SAI Bhopal & will be joining the centre shortly. His training requirements will be assessed & given support to make a career in sport," the Sports Authority of India tweeted.

Hailing from Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh, Rameshwar came into limelight after a video of him running a 100m dash barefeet under 11 seconds went viral on social media following which Madhya Pradesh Sports Minister Jitendra Patwari had also assured him of better support and training facility.

Rameshwar, who comes from a farming background, has studied up to Class 10 and could not go to the college because of his family's weak financial condition

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