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Denial of entry to PT Usha to the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium terraces at Kolkata to see some of the students from her Kerala-based academy competing in the 53rd National School Games should not surprise anyone in this country. The lower level staff at the Stadium was only following orders when they stopped the 'Payoli Express' from entering a sports facility. The incident is in overall conformity with the record of the CPI-M. Were they not responsible for hounding out a renowned littérateur, Taslima Nasreen, from the city? It is only the comrades who can forget the laurels brought to this country by PT Usha. The logic for the arrogance, presented by Puspita Roy, convener of the press and publicity sub-committee of the Games that the lower staff did not recognize PT Usha as she was no Saurav Ganguli, too is as ridiculous as the comrades’ opposition to anything good and decent in this country. Maybe they were not aware of the incident as it happened! But now that it is widely reported by the national media, are they willing to set matters right by offering an apology to the sports icon who is the pride of the country? That remains to be seen.
Denial of entry to PT Usha to the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium terraces at Kolkata to see some of the students from her Kerala-based academy competing in the 53rd National School Games should not surprise anyone in this country. The lower level staff at the Stadium was only following orders when they stopped the 'Payoli Express' from entering a sports facility. The incident is in overall conformity with the record of the CPI-M. Were they not responsible for hounding out a renowned littérateur, Taslima Nasreen, from the city? It is only the comrades who can forget the laurels brought to this country by PT Usha. The logic for the arrogance, presented by Puspita Roy, convener of the press and publicity sub-committee of the Games that the lower staff did not recognize PT Usha as she was no Saurav Ganguli, too is as ridiculous as the comrades’ opposition to anything good and decent in this country. Maybe they were not aware of the incident as it happened! But now that it is widely reported by the national media, are they willing to set matters right by offering an apology to the sports icon who is the pride of the country? That remains to be seen.
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