Congress MLA and former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh on Tuesday put his party's government to embarrassment, questioning the "poor functioning” of the state Sports Department.
Questioning the working of the Sports Department, the former Olympian, said it is running just on “papers”.
Singh's made the assertion amid Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi eulogising the department in the House in response to a Calling Attention Motion moved by Akali Dal MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu.
Tinu had sought to draw the sports minister's attention to his department's failure in holding trials for selection of sportspersons at a state sports college in Jalandhar.
Even as the minister was patting his department's work for taking steps to promote sports talent, Pargat Singh sought the speaker's permission to have his say on the issue.
“I want to draw the minister's attention that trials for the selection of sportspersons take place in January and February. But it is unfortunate that there has been no practical work at the ground level," Congress legislator from Jalandhar Cantt, Singh told the House, embarrassing his party's government.