Treat Vinesh on par with Oly gold medallist: AAP
Tribune News Service
Kurukshetra, August 9
Aam Aadmi Party workers and leaders today held a demonstration against the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat in the Paris Olympics and demanded a fair probe into the entire incident.
Led by the party’s state spokesman Sumit Hindustani, AAP workers gathered at Ambedkar Chowk and raised slogans in support of Vinesh Phogat.
Sumit Hindustani said, “AAP extends its full support to Vinesh Phogat. The Olympics is the biggest game and she would have won the match but was disqualified. The BJP government has failed to take up the issue strongly and in an appropriate manner. The disqualification has left the country disappointed and disheartened and the government has also let down the people. Vinesh should be given a silver medal at least.”
“The Haryana Government has announced the same reward as an Olympic silver medalist but we demand that the government should give her reward as a gold medalist. We also demand that the government should raise the matter strongly and get the rules amended so that no player is disqualified like this in future,” he added.
