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Ace woman boxer Sarita Devi threatens to give up Arjuna Award | Ace woman boxer Laishram Sarita Devi staged a silent protest outside the residence of Union Sports
Minister MS Gill on Friday demanding a retrial of the Asian Games' selection procedure for boxing, and said that she wanted to return the prestigious Arjuna Award if a fair retrial is not conducted. Sarita Devi remained outside the residence of Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill and refused to move till she met the minister.
Devi said she wanted a trial with more transparency, and said that officials of
the Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) had conspired against her to keep her name
off the list. "Whatever that has happened with me is wrong. He assured me that
he will solve my issues within one week, and I fully trust him, and I think he
will resolve my problem," said Devi. "I asked him to re-conduct the trial. I am
not saying that I will get selected in the Asian Games. I just want that the fights
should be conducted in front of everybody and whosoever is better will be selected,"
she added. Devi even named IBF General Secretary Muralidharan Raja as having conspired
against her. "This is like a big conspiracy which actually happened with me. I
got selected in the one-month early trials and after that the trial was again
conducted in Talkatora Stadium in which nobody was allowed," said Devi. "They
conducted the trial without knowing anybody and also did scoring, but didn't show
the score to anybody. They deliberately conducted the conspiracy so as to push
me out of the team, especially Muralidharan," she added. Meanwhile, M.S. Gill
said he had asked his ministry officials to investigate the matter and promised
the boxer justice. "If somebody is having problem in the selection procedure like
Sarita Devi has said -she came to me and I listened to her carefully, and I have
asked my officials to check this matter because we try our best that fair selection
should be there, as per me and the government," said Gill. Sarita Devi, a seven-times
gold medallist in various international women's boxing tournaments was honoured
with the Arjuna Award in 2009.
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