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Embarrassing behavior of Indian Sports minister in Rio


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Over-enthusiastic assistants pushing people out of the way of an approaching politician is commonplace enough in India to qualify as a cliche. But this same behaviour seems to have brought India's Sports Minister Vijay Goel to the brink of embarrassment at theOlympics in Rio de Janeiro. The organisers have now threatened to cancel the minister's pass to visit the venues.

Goel is presently in Rio to cheer and provide support to the Indian contingent. And it is the behaviour of the people accompanying him that seems to have fallen foul of the Rio Organizing Committee. The minister's posse reportedly were "aggressive and rude" with the organizing staff on multiple occasions.

The warning that Goel's pass could be revoked came from Sarah Peterson, the continental manager for the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, in a letter to Indian Chef-de-Mission Rakesh Gupta.

"We have had multiple reports of your minister for sports trying to enter accredited areas at venues with unaccredited individuals. When the staff try to explain that this is not allowed, they report that the people with the minister have become aggressive and rude and sometimes push past our staff," Peterson said in a letter to Gupta.

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This is the exact reason why sometimes people treat Indians like beggars outside India. Veedi veshalu India lo nadusthayi, not at an international event. 

Plus this old fart has contributed nothing to the contingent itself, veedi bodi encouragement toh akkada vacchindemi ledu. 

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2 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Over-enthusiastic assistants pushing people out of the way of an approaching politician is commonplace enough in India to qualify as a cliche. But this same behaviour seems to have brought India's Sports Minister Vijay Goel to the brink of embarrassment at theOlympics in Rio de Janeiro. The organisers have now threatened to cancel the minister's pass to visit the venues.

Goel is presently in Rio to cheer and provide support to the Indian contingent. And it is the behaviour of the people accompanying him that seems to have fallen foul of the Rio Organizing Committee. The minister's posse reportedly were "aggressive and rude" with the organizing staff on multiple occasions.

The warning that Goel's pass could be revoked came from Sarah Peterson, the continental manager for the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, in a letter to Indian Chef-de-Mission Rakesh Gupta.

"We have had multiple reports of your minister for sports trying to enter accredited areas at venues with unaccredited individuals. When the staff try to explain that this is not allowed, they report that the people with the minister have become aggressive and rude and sometimes push past our staff," Peterson said in a letter to Gupta.

Inka eppatiki marataru ra babu........

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