Prime Minister felicitates India’s Asian Para Games 2026 contingent

VISAKHAPATNAM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (November 5, 2026) congratulated India’s Asian Para Games 2026 contingent during a ceremony at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, where he also felicitated their families, trainers, and coaches. Contrasting the present with 2010, when India won one gold and 14 medals in all, Mr. Modi stated that the contingent had won 114 medals at Aichi-Nagoya: 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze. India finished fourth, its best placing at the Games. He said the athletes also set five world records and nine Asian records, and that 34 of the 56 women in the team won medals. Among those present were M.V. Murali Krishna, a Visakhapatnam resident and coach of the Indian para badminton team, which won 16 medals: three gold, five silver and eight bronze. “None of the badminton players were from Andhra Pradesh,” he said.