The Sports Minister Ajay Maken is in the news a lot these days, because of the exploding doping scandal in Indian Athletes.
Here is an excerpt from an interview of yesterday:
What kind of impact will the doping saga have on India’s chances at the London Olympics?
India’s image as an upcoming sporting nation has taken a hit. The girls who have been caught — we were expecting them to win medals at the Olympics next year.
Now, we know that politicians love to tell the worst absurdities and get away with it. But to tell that our women's relay team is a medal prospect in the upcoming London Olympics is stretching things a bit too far.
Can the honourable minister answer how many athletics medals have India won in Olympics in its history?
If we discount Norman Pritchard in the 1900 Paris Olympics, our tally is a good nice ZERO.
