The All India Sports Council of the Deaf has sent a show cause notice to tennis player Parul Gupta, seeking a written response to the flood of complaints by her father Avinash Gupta to various authorities including the international federation, regarding the selection of the Indian team for Deaflympics, among others.
Signed by both R.C. Sathian, the president, and Walter Fernandez, secretary general, the four-page letter has sought explanation for various mis-demeanours of the player, which includes the display of a placard against the AISCD during the Asia Pacific Deaf Games in Chinese Taipei.
Parul, who finished third in the National Games for the Deaf in Chennai, had argued all along that she should be part of the team for the Deaflympics, and had even moved the Delhi High Court.
However, the AISCD had maintained that it was following procedures and the ball was in the court of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) which was in the process of approving the national camp and the selection trials.
Parul is part of a long list of probables who will go through the camp and selection trials at the DLTA Complex in June.
Parul had tried to gain entry for the Deaflympics directly from the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, as she had been accorded similar entry last time four years ago. However, the ICSD had categorically stated this time that all entries would only be accepted through the National federations.
“You and your father always contact ICSD directly which itself is a serious misconduct, breaking the rule. As a bank employee, can you bring any grievance to the bank chairman without following proper channel? Your father’s acts will make only problems for your future,” the notice warned.
Specifying that the AISCD would initiate disciplinary action against her after the Deaflympics, the national federation sought Parul’s explanation before the selection trials scheduled to start on June 1.
“AISCD aims to encourage efficient sportspersons always but we can’t tolerate the indiscipline of the players who are not obeying the rules and regulations of the organisation and defaming it,” the letter concluded.
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