Ranchi: The Cerebral Palsy Sports Association, India (CPSAI) held its annual general meeting in the city to discuss the all-round development of special games and players.

The meeting that ended on Sunday witnessed the participation of 36 members of CPSAI from states such as Rajasthan, Bengal, Tripura and Gujarat.

They discussed ways to develop and popularise athletics, football, race running, taekwondo, swimming, table tennis, slalom and boccia.

The participants also talked about ways to empower people with cerebral palsy by ensuring their all-round development through recreation, health, training and employment.

The meeting sought to address issues such as fraudulent activities, mismanagement of funds during training and travelling and the safety and security of players.

The members discussed steps to seek recognition from the Sports Authority of India and create awareness on cerebral palsy sports across the subcontinent.

CPSAI president Rajesh Tomar said he and his team wanted to keep everything transparent with the functioning of the outfit.

"We want to maintain transparency in financial matters to avoid any mismanagement and misconduct that have happened before," he told reporters at a news meet on Saturday evening.

Tomar said an MoU was signed between Asian Paralympic Committee and Celebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association in Barcelona on August 8 last year that talked about introducing the CP Asian Games.

"Majority of people stricken with celebral palsy come from Asia. In Europe, the games are very well-organised, but here we are lagging behind. We must work on it," Tomar said.

Jitu Kunwar, a CP sportsperson from Rajasthan who represented India in athletics at the CP World Games held in Barcelona, Spain in August this year, was a special invitee at the meeting.

"My body has shown a lot of improvement after I started playing. Sports is not only necessary for people with disabilities and bad health but it is a must for everyone out there," Jitu, who is also pursuing her PhD in public health from Jawaharlal Nehru University, said.

Gautam Singh, president of CPSAI (Jharkhand), was also present in the news meet. "We've had a talk with Jharkhand sports minister Amar Kumar Bauri regarding CP sports and he has readily accepted to hold such games in the state soon," he said.

New Delhi-based Divesh Saundagar, who clinched two gold medals in 100meter and 200metere race at the recently concluded World CP Games, was felicitated by Gautam Singh.