Bhubaneswar, Jun 20 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to notify Hockey as a national game.
Hockey truly deserves to be notified as our National Game and it would be a fitting tribute to the great hockey players who have made our country proud, the Chief Minister said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr Patnaik said while reviewing the preparation of the next World Cup Hockey to be held in Odisha in November this year, he was surprised and shocked to know that what is popularly known as the National Game - Hockey, has in fact never been notified as our National Game.