Sports ministry writes to IOA on Dow sponsorship at Olympics

December 05, 2011 12:36

And another important development:

The Sports Ministry today has asked the Indian Olympic Association to immediately raise the Dow Chemicals' Olympics sponsorship issue with the International Olympics Committee, says a Zee News report.

In a letter addressed to the IOA, the ministry said, "Strong public sentiment exists in this matter and a number of ex-Olympians have raised the issue."

Dow Chemicals, which is one of the sponsors of the London 2012 Olympics, had bought Union Carbide -- the company responsible for the Bhopal gas tragedy. The victims of the tragedy are demanding that India pull out of the Games if Dow continues to be the sponsor of the event.

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