A delegation from Tamil Nadu, including Minister for Sports Development and Youth Welfare Siva V. Meyyanathan, visited Delhi and invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the inauguration of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, scheduled to commence in Chennai on July 28.
The delegation invited the Prime Minister on behalf of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who has been advised complete rest at home for a week, following his recovery from COVID-19.
Lok Sabha MPs T.R. Baalu and Kanimozhi and Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu were part of the delegation. It also called on Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare and Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur and Union Minister of State for Fisheries and Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan and invited them to the international sports event.