Commonwealth Games (Commonwealth Games 2022) Even if there is no controversy regarding India, unfortunately this has not been the case in recent years. This time also the situation is not different. Controversial news related to India always comes sometimes because of the players and sometimes because of the officials. Something similar happened on the second day of the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. As India’s weightlifters opened the medal account for the country on Saturday, the misbehavior of the manager associated with the team created an embarrassment.
The news agency reported in a report that on the second day of the Games on Saturday, July 30, officials associated with the Commonwealth Games complained about the misbehavior of the manager of the Indian weightlifting team. According to this, Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) relationship manager Gina Dawson complained to the Indian Olympic Association about the misbehavior of team manager Pradeep Sharma. After this, the IOA also instructed Sharma to abide by the rules.
Misbehaved with the driver
According to the information, CGA officer Dawson wrote in his email that Sharma’s behavior with the drivers was not good at all. In his letter to IOA, he wrote, “We have received advice that an officer of your team, Pradeep Sharma, misbehaved with one of our T2 drivers this morning as he asked to be dropped at a non-T2 location.
In his complaint, Dawson further wrote, For your information, let us inform you that team officials do not have T2 privileges and they can only use their CGA vehicle or bus or public transport to other villages of the site as per their belief. It also has a fixed list of destinations and our drivers are not a taxi service that can drop you anywhere. We ask your team to treat our employees with respect and courtesy at all times.
The IOA reprimanded the officer
Obviously, this embarrassed the Indian Olympic Association. IOA acting president Anil Khanna was very upset by this and immediately reprimanded the team management. Instructing Sharma to stick to the rules, he said, “We are ambassadors of our country here. I expect you to have a low profile and expect you to be privileged under the rules. We should be polite to everyone we meet.
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