India's Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, is committed to push for kho-kho's inclusion in the Asian Games after India won the inaugural world cup at home recently, saying that coordinated efforts would be essential to secure the sport's inclusion in both the Asian Games and the 2036 Olympics.
"We did a splendid job of organising the Kho Kho World Cup and we need to make an effort that these players get a chance to play at the Asian Games," the minister said at a felicitation function of the World Cup-winning Indian kho kho teams.
