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A delegation from India has formally presented successful London a proposal for hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games successful Ahmedabad to the Evaluation Committee of Commonwealth Sport, the Gujarat authorities said.
The Indian squad was led by Gujarat's Minister of Sports, Harsh Sanghavi, and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, P.T. Usha, during the presumption connected Tuesday (September 23, 2025).
The 2030 variation carries historical significance, marking 100 years of the Commonwealth Sport Movement, and India's bid positions Ahmedabad arsenic the big metropolis for this centenary edition, a merchandise by the Gujarat authorities said.
Ahmedabad offers a compact games footprint centred connected international-standard venues, robust transport systems, and high-quality accommodation, it said.
"Aligned with the Games Reset principles, the connection places beardown accent connected affordability, inclusivity, flexibility, and sustainability. It commits to integration of para-sport, extortion of quality rights, promotion of sex equity, and embedding of a semipermanent bequest model that ensures benefits widen beyond the Games to athletes, communities, and the wider Commonwealth," the merchandise said.
"Hosting the Centenary Commonwealth Games successful Ahmedabad volition beryllium a arrogant milestone, not conscionable for Gujarat but for India. We spot these Games arsenic a catalyst - to animate our youth, accelerate our travel towards Viksit Bharat 2047, and fortify the Commonwealth Movement for the adjacent 100 years," curate Sanghavi said.
"India's bid is not conscionable astir capability, but astir values. Ahmedabad is acceptable to prime up the baton from Glasgow 2026 and enactment arsenic a springboard to the 2034 Games, ensuring that the centenary variation honours the past portion shaping the aboriginal of Commonwealth Sport," Usha was quoted arsenic saying successful the release.
With beardown and coordinated enactment from the Centre and Gujarat government, and the Commonwealth Games Association of India, the connection highlights India's ambition to present Games that are compact, sustainable, inclusive, and globally impactful, it said.
