Is Any blind athalete going there? http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/para-athletes-criticise-delay-in-naming-contingent/
The Federation of Disabled Rights (FDR) has criticised the sports ministry, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for the delay in the announcement of Indian delegation for the Para Asian Games which is scheduled to start in Incheon from October 16. FDR's general secretary Pradeep Raj alleged bunglings in selection process and also said that the delay will only hurt the para-athletes. "It is a fact that we don't get the support that disabled athletes from around the world get. But this delay makes it all the more difficult for the athletes as the uncertainty of not knowing whether they will go will hurt their chances," Raj said, flanked by the president of the Rastriya Viklang Party chief KK Dixit. "The delay means they will ensure that name of their relatives will be their as escorts for the disabled sportspersons," he added. Talking specifically about the selection issues, Raj said how Vijay Kumar, who had finished first after the trials conducted under aegis of TTFI, failed to make the cut. "The player who has been selected over Vijay is not even in the top four now," said Swarna Raj, who is part of the the 13-member delegation. "Camp is currently on at the I G Stadium. The coach does not even bother to help us. We have been given a table and left on our own. Now when the Games are here, the same coach is ready to take the flight to the Games. These are the things that needs to be stopped. We don't get our escorts, some unknown person is assigned to us as one, who we only see at the airports... do you think this is fair," she added. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
