NEW DELHI: & nbsp, New Delhi canceled on Friday( Sept 22 ) a trip by its sports minister to the Asian Games in Hangzhou, claiming that Chinese authorities had denied admission and accreditation to Indian athletes from an area claimed by Beijing.
Three female martial arts fighters from the American state of Arunachal Pradesh were reportedly given permission by the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee to participate in the sports feast, according to American media reviews.
However, according to the Hindustan Times, the wushu fighters were unable to get their approval cards, which serve as entry visas into China.
Beijing, which refers to the northern state of Arunachal Pradesh as” South Tibet,” claims it almost entirely.
According to India’s foreign ministry official Arindam Bagchi, China had discriminated against some of the American runners” in a targeted and pre-meditated way.”
China’s behavior, he continued,” violates both the nature of the Asian Games and the regulations governing their do, which expressly forbids discrimination against rivals from member state.”
He claimed that there had been a” strong opposition” against” China’s deliberate and careful barrier of some of our sportspeople” in both New Delhi and Beijing, and the sports minister had canceled his journey to the occasion.
Wushu, also known as kung fu, is a Chinese martial arts with many different facets.
According to reports, the remaining 10 members of the American team and the training team left on Wednesday for the Games in Hangzhou.
Senior Olympic Council of Asia national Wei Jizhong insisted that the group had been granted visas and were not prohibited prior to the American Foreign Ministry’s statement.
He told writers,” I’m very obvious: They have a card from the Chinese government, and they can enter China.” However, these athletes declined to accept the card.