Ministry set to include managers: IOA secy
13 Sept 2014 4:20 AM IST
Indian Olympic Association secretary general Rajeev Mehta said the sports secretary has told him the ministry will re-consider its decision. ‘I had spoken to the sports secretary about the difficulties the Indian contingent may face without managers in the 23 disciplines and he has given me a positive response,’ Mehta said.
‘So, I am preparing the list of managers and I think the sports ministry will re-consider its decision (to exclude 23 managers). I think all the 23 managers will be cleared,’ he added.
While clearing a 679-strong Indian contingent for the September 19 to October 4 Games in South Korea, the government had dropped all the managers, except for five, who have been proposed by Indian Olympic Association. The Sports Ministry had also barred the IOA and NSFs from sending managers at their own cost.
IOA had made a request to the ministry to re-consider its decision to exclude the managers but Sports Authority of India Director General Jiji Thomson had said that the government would not make any changes in the list.
The managers named in the sports ministry’s list, which was cleared on Tuesday after consultation with the Prime Minister’s Office include tennis star Sania Mirza’s mother Naseema Mirza, Rajan F Irani (golf), V K Dhal (shooting), Ramavtar Singh Jakhar (volleyball) and K D Singh (yatching).
‘So, I am preparing the list of managers and I think the sports ministry will re-consider its decision (to exclude 23 managers). I think all the 23 managers will be cleared,’ he added.
While clearing a 679-strong Indian contingent for the September 19 to October 4 Games in South Korea, the government had dropped all the managers, except for five, who have been proposed by Indian Olympic Association. The Sports Ministry had also barred the IOA and NSFs from sending managers at their own cost.
IOA had made a request to the ministry to re-consider its decision to exclude the managers but Sports Authority of India Director General Jiji Thomson had said that the government would not make any changes in the list.
The managers named in the sports ministry’s list, which was cleared on Tuesday after consultation with the Prime Minister’s Office include tennis star Sania Mirza’s mother Naseema Mirza, Rajan F Irani (golf), V K Dhal (shooting), Ramavtar Singh Jakhar (volleyball) and K D Singh (yatching).
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