Haryana sports activities division has despatched a communication to its Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes to furnish an enterprise, signed and stamped by a judicial first-class Justice of the Peace that ‘if they are found guilty of a criminal act or involved in any form of sexual harassment, the advance amount of Rs five lakh sanctioned to them for their Olympic preparations will immediately be transferred back to the department in full.’
The enterprise additionally states that if they’re discovered responsible of doping forward of the Olympics, the advance quantity might be even be taken again.
According to a report by TOI, the one athlete to obtain the quantity is boxer Amit Panghal.
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on August 22 final 12 months had accredited a scheme to give Rs 5 lakh upfront as a part of the overall sanctioned quantity of Rs 15 lakh, with the remaining Rs 10 lakh to be given after the Summer Games.
Amit Panghal, Pooja Rani Bohra, Manish Kaushik, Vikas Krishan, Neeraj Chopra, Rahul Rohilla, Sandeep Poonia, Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Deswal, Abhishek Verma, Sanjeev Rajput, Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik, Seema Bisla, Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia and Sumit Malik are the 19 athletes to have certified for Tokyo Olympics.
Some of the athletes should not glad.
“We are proud Indian athletes, not criminals. Several girls athletes from the state have certified for the Games. Are you saying that they’ll even have to signal this distasteful affidavit?” said 20km race walker, Sandeep Poonia told TOI.
“Such words should be removed. It doesn’t make any sense,” stated race walker Rahul Rohilla instructed TOI.
“We come from a socially-conservative background. Papa ko affidavit dene mein bhi sharm aa rahi thi (I used to be feeling uncomfortable sharing this with my father). They shouldn’t have integrated this clause,” said a female wrestler, who didn’t wish to be named.
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