The Panja fever has made its way to the north of India at the Jammu and Kashmir ArmWrestling Championship. The event was conducted by the J&K Power Sports Association along with the Pro Panja League and People's ArmWrestling Federation of India (PAFI) on December 7 and 8 and saw around 400 athletes from Jammu and Kashmir participate in the competition.
According to a release from the Pro Panja League, Harsh Sharma, a gold medal winner from the Asian Cup was also part of the event and was felicitated by Satish Sharma, Sports Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Harsh performed exceptionally well in both the Nationals and Asian Cup which has helped him become the first-ever athlete from Jammu and Kashmir to be inducted in the Pro Panja League and he will be featuring in the next season of the competition.
Also present during the event was Pro Panja League's founder, Parvinn Dabass who inaugurated the event on the first day. The other guests present were Praveen Jadon, Acting General Secretary of PAFI, Mushtaq Ahmad, Head of J&K ArmWrestling Association and Arush Gupta and Shivam Sahdev from the J&K Power Sports Association.