He demanded Khelo India Boxing Centre (KIBC) at Chandrapur. According to Tiwari several cities of the State specially Chandapur has been ignored for Khelo India’s boxing centre.
He said . “Being general secretary of Maharashtra Boxing Association I will not tolerate the injustice meted out to the State and specially to Chandrapur district,” he added. Dr Tiwari also said that the government should stop giving district sports complexes on contract basis to private coaches. “The government is on a privatisation spree. They have given Dharavi Sports Complex in Mumbai on contract basis. District Sports Complexes should not be given on contract basis. Such decisions will only hamper the career of deserving players,” Dr Tiwari stated.
In his memorandum, DrTiwari stated that he is not fully opposing handing over district sports complexes to private firms and on contract basis. “I want government to give priority to sportspersons and sports events. The sports complexes in several districts are not available to needy sportspersons as private coaching is being done there. Due to this, sportspersons are forced to pay hefty fees to the coaches in such centres. A poor and not needy sportsperson is unable to pay the fee and is forced to train at a place where there is inferior facilities,” alleged Dr Tiwari though his letter. “If government is unable to run the coaching centres on their own, they can give them to registered district sports associations or former international players which will only benefit the sportspersons,” felt DrTiwari
. The MBA Secretary was also of the view that all the vacant posts in district sports officer should be filled immediately. “There are many posts of coaches and officials vacant in many district sports offices. This is hampering development and performance of sportspersons,” Dr Tiwari reasoned. Dr Tiwari requested the Minister to take matter seriously and initiate immediate action on his demands.
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Laughter Riders & Runners fetes Tiwari
Laughter Riders and Runners felicitated Dr Rakesh Tiwari who has completed d 126 km cycle ride from Bhadrawati to Nagpur . Nurul Haa, Ambrish, Kapil, nikhil, Javed Habib, Aditya, Hiwale, Archana, Yogita, Binatak Gayatri, Puja and Shubhada were present on the occasion.