Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated the Delhi Games 2025 at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Delhi Minister for Urban Development, Education & Training, Ashish Sood, was also present during the event.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, CM Rekha Gupta said that athletes from Delhi should get all the support and training they need. She said earlier governments failed to provide such help, and because of that, many athletes had to leave Delhi and register in other states to get better facilities.

"The athletes from Delhi should get all the facilities that are necessary for them. In previous governments, we have seen that due to a lack of facilities in Delhi, the athletes had to go to other states and get their names registered there. The Delhi government, through the Delhi Sports Council, will provide all the facilities to the athletes so that they stay in Delhi and earn laurels for the national capital," Rekha Gupta told reporters.

More than 22,000 athletes are expected to take part in the Delhi Games, which will have competitions in 20 different sports.

Earlier, on May 17, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had also inaugurated a new water pipeline in Singalpur village in the Shalimar Bagh area. While speaking to the people there, she said that her government is still dealing with the responsibilities left by the previous administration.

"Till now, we have been paying the liabilities of previous governments. The intention of our government is the welfare of the people. Work should be done in the interest of the people; no work should stop."

She also talked about her government’s focus on working with honesty and fairness. "It is the responsibility of the government to do every work with complete transparency and honesty, and we will fulfil it," she added.

CM Gupta also strongly criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for not taking proper care of Delhi’s firefighting systems. "The firefighting systems under the previous government were in a dilapidated state in Delhi. Because of this, we were not able to provide the necessary solutions to people in the case of numerous tragedies," she said.

Later, she inspected modern firefighting vehicles at the Delhi Secretariat, along with BJP MP Ramvir Bidhuri and Minister Ashish Sood.

[This news story is sourced from ANI.]