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Maharashtra's cycling body's secretary threatens self-immolation

Updated on: 21 October,2016 08:18 AM IST  | 
Subodh Mayure | subodh.mayure@mid-day.com

Maharashtra Cycling Association (MCA) secretary Suryakant Pawar has threatened self-immolation after the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA) denied affiliation to the state cycling body

Maharashtra's cycling body's secretary threatens self-immolation

Suryakant Pawar
Suryakant Pawar


Maharashtra Cycling Association (MCA) secretary Suryakant Pawar has threatened self-immolation after the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA) denied affiliation to the state cycling body. Pawar, a Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee, alleged that MOA officials are not giving identity to the elected body due to which MCA are unable to conduct state-level competitions. 


“The Charity Commissioner allowed us to carry on with the administration of the cycling association in the state, but MOA has still refused to give affiliation to the body. They refused to respond to our several requests. MOA’s president Ajitdada Pawar and secretary general Balasahed Landge have an underlying motive of supporting Chagan Bhujbal and Pratap Jadhav, who claim to be MCA’s president and secretary respectively, which is not true,” Pawar, who has threatened to destroy himself in Pune on Sunday, told mid-day yesterday.


Pawar has also asked the help of Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who are the Patron-in-Chief and Patron respectively of the MCA, but again failed to receive any reply. “I sent them a letter three times, but I’ve did not get any reply,” Pawar added.

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