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Saini slams CM Mann for doing politics over deaths of Haryana athletes
Mann, who visited Rathi’s family in Rohtak on Thursday, questioned the condition of Haryana’s sports infrastructure and asked what could be “a bigger insecurity for parents” than worrying about their children’s safety on sports grounds
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday slammed his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann for his remarks following the deaths of two teenagers in separate incidents of basketball pole collapses in the BJP-ruled state, saying it was unfortunate to indulge in politics over such tragedies.
While 16-year-old Hardik – who had taken part in the national sub-junior basketball championship – died during practice at Lakhan Majra village in Rohtak on Tuesday, 15-year-old Aman, who was injured in Bahadurgarh, breathed his last during treatment at PGIMS Rohtak on Monday.
Mann, who visited Rathi’s family in Rohtak on Thursday, questioned the condition of Haryana’s sports infrastructure and asked what could be “a bigger insecurity for parents” than worrying about their children’s safety on sports grounds. He, however, maintained that he was there “as a sports lover” and not for politics.
Hitting out at the Punjab CM, Saini said, “I want to tell Bhagwant Mann that it is a good thing to go and share the grief with the family, but politics should not be done in such issues.”
Saini, who was talking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at the Chandigarh Railway Station, pointed to incidents in Punjab where kabaddi players were murdered and asked Mann to “look within his own state”.
