People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 26
July 01, 2012
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Vol. XXXVI
No. 26 July 01, 2012 |
AIDWA
Supports Sania Mirza
ON June 27,
the All
India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) sent a letter to
Ajay Maken, minister
of sports in the government
of India, regarding Sania
Mirza’s charge of “male chauvinism”’ in the sports regime of the
country. The
association has urged the sports ministry and the concerned
authorities to
seriously examine Sania Mirza’s charge of “male chauvinism” and
the use of her
name as a seasoned woman tennis player as “bait” by the decision
makers in the
All India Tennis Association (AITA).
The AIDWA said
it stood
by Sania Mirza as she has chosen to speak out against the
insensitivity shown
by the concerned authorities and the humiliation of sportswomen.
On behalf of
women
and sportspersons of this country, the AIDWA has demanded that
the ministry must
fix the responsibility and take action against those who are the
cause of such
a sorry state of affairs. The association extended support to
the sportswomen
of this country who have frequently been at the receiving end of
the apathy,
indifference and callous approach of the sports authorities.
