Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju today said Fit India movement must become a citizen's movement. Giving the keynote address in Conference of Ministers and Secretaries of the States and UTs for Youth Affairs and Sports in New Delhi this morning, Mr Rijiju said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed all Ministries that Fit India must be a part of their action. He added that Fit India is a way of life and it should be encouraged in such a manner that each state competes with the others on which is the fittest state in India. 

The Minister also said that India is fast emerging as a sporting powerhouse and in the last six months, the country has performed better in every field be it wushu or wrestling. He said merely bagging a couple of medals in Olympics is not enough and India must be aggressive. He said sports culture should be created in the country and India must rank within the top ten countries in the Olympics.