Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday, December 5, said he is confident that Ahmedabad will secure the hosting rights for the 2036 Olympic Games, days after the city was officially awarded the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Sansad Khel Mahotsav in Ahmedabad, Shah told the audience that the city should prepare for an even larger global stage in the coming years.

“You recently won the bid for the Commonwealth Games . But people of Ahmedabad, be prepared, because the city is also going to welcome the Olympics in 2036,” Shah said, drawing loud applause from the gathering.

The event was held at the newly constructed Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Naranpura, which falls under Shah’s Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Shah, who began a three-day visit

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