Dehradun, July 4 -- Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami underscored Uttarakhand's rising stature in the sports sector on completion of four years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state on Friday.

Uttarakhand hosted the 38th National Games in February earlier this year. Uttarakhand clinched 103 medals, comprising 24 gold, 22 silver, and 26 bronze medals to secure the seventh spot in the standings. Dhami lavished praise on the athletes for their remarkable effort in the tournament. Dhami expressed delight with the arrangements made for the tournament, which ensured that all games were held in the state, rather than athletes having to travel to different places to compete in certain games.

"We organised the national gam...