In the wake of increasing cases of misbehaviour and sexual abuse against women players in the State, the Chhattisgarh Olympic Association on Sunday made it compulsory that a woman manager or assistant will accompany the players to every tournament or training camps.
The association has reworked the rules and has decided that any sports union not complying with the norms will be dissolved, the members of the association said this at a press conference held in the city on Sunday.
“From the past few months, several cases of misbehaviour with women players of our State have come to the fore during their stay in other States which cannot be tolerated,” said secretary of the association Anil Verma. To ensure that such incidents do not trouble our players in the future, the association has amended its rules and any union failing to adhere to it will have to face the music, he said.
Details of preparations of the International Olympic Day, which will be observed on June 23, were also discussed in the Press conference. Participation of players from Chhattisgarh in the 35th National Games to be held in Kerala was also the point of focus of the association members.
The 37th National Games is set to be held in the State. The members of the associations talked about fund-raising and ensuring proper arrangements for the event. Also present in the event were vice president of the association Vikram Sisodia, former State Minister lata Usendi, former president of housing board Subhash Rao, former MlA Vijay Baghel, Baldev Singh Bhatia and others.