Casteist abuse shameful: Rani Rampal

New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal has strongly condemned casteist abuse against Vandana Katariya’s family in Haridwar. Calling the abuse shameful, the captain took a stand against the slurs faced by a member of her team. “We put all our hard work to play for India, struggle and sacrifice so much to represent our country and when we see what is happening — what happened to Vandana’s family — I want to say to people, please stop this discrimination, religious division and casteism,” Rampal said. “We have to rise above this. We come from different religions — Hindu, Muslim, Sikh — and come from all parts of India… But here we work for India,” she added. TNS