Olympic 2016 : Organising committee threaten to cancel Indian Sports minister Vijay Goel’s accreditation

In a letter to Indian Chef-de-Mission Rakesh Gupta, Sarah Peterson, who is Continental Manager for Rio 2016 Organising Committee, said “We have multiple reports of your minister trying to enter accredited areas at venues with unaccredited individuals. And when staff tried to explain that this is not allowed, the people with the Minister have become aggressive and rude and sometimes push past our staff. And because of this minister’s accreditation could be cancelled. ”

Reacting to this the sports minister wrote on twitter that there is some misunderstanding and we have followed all the protocols.

To my knowledge, we have been following all rules & regulations. We are committed to the spirit of Olympics & back our Indian players. (1/2)

— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) August 11, 2016

There seems to be some misunderstanding as we have followed all protocols as advised by the organizers. ( 2/2 )

— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) August 11, 2016

The Sports Minister is currently in Rio de Janeiro to cheer the Indian contingent.

Meanwhile, people started mocking on social media about this