Update on the London Olympics.

Clarifying that the government has not asked athletes to boycott the London Olympics over the Dow Chemicals sponsorship, Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said that the matter has been pursued at a diplomatic level with the host nation. 

"India has not asked its athletes to boycott the London Olympics over Dow Chemicals sponsorship," Maken said in response to a question by N K Singh in the the Rajya Sabha. 

"The matter had also been taken up through diplomatic channel with the Government of UK," the Minister added. 

While the UK government has taken the position that the sponsorship by Dow was an arrangement between the International Olympic Committee and Dow Chemicals Company, the world governing body as well as the London. Organising Committee have indicated their inability to drop Dow as a sponsor of the upcoming Games.