Saina Nehwal angry after her father was denied entry into CWG Games Village; See tweets
India’s top badminton player Saina Nehwal has shown her disappointment on the social media. Yes, the badminton player is unhappy as her father Harvir Singh Nehwal would not allow entering in the Games Village at Gold Coast. The reason behind this as Harvir’s name has been omitted from the list of Indian team official for the Commonwealth Games. Earlier, his name was mentioned on the list.
Commonwealth Games are going to start from 4 April 2018. The disappointment has been shown by the Saina on 1 April on her Twitter handle. She shared a pic of her family and captioned, ‘Happy to b part of #CommonwealthGames2018 #GoldCoast #Australia.'
Happy to b part of #CommonwealthGames2018 #GoldCoast #Australia 👍👍 pic.twitter.com/otLJudlBIU
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) April 1, 2018
Now, Saina won’t be able to get the support from her father during the match as her father has not got an entry in Games Village. She has shared a series of tweets and also tagged Commonwealth Games Federation and asked them what kind of support they are offering to players.
Here is the series of a tweet posted by Saina Nehwal on Twitter:
The first tweet of Saina:
Surprise to see that when we started from India for commonwealth games 2018 my father was confirmed as the team official and I paid the whole amount for that but when we came to the games village ... his name was cut from team official category .. and he can’t even stay with me .
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) April 2, 2018
The second tweet:
He can’t c my matches and he can’t enter the village nor he can meet me in anyway .. what kind of support is this ..@thecgf
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) April 2, 2018
Know what her last tweet reads:
I wanted his support as I regularly take him for my competitions ...but i didn’t understand why nobody informed me all this earlier .. that he can’t enter anywhere #CommonwealthGames2018
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) April 2, 2018
Besides, Saina's father, there are 14 persons also in the Indian team officials list whose expenses won't be taken care by the Indian government. It also includes PV Sindhu's mother Vijaya.
First published: 3 April 2018, 15:58 IST