Its not easy to light Olympic Torch this time!
article written by Tejinder.
As the Olympic torch coming closer to complete its Indian leg, the series of protest, back-outs, unfoiling of plots to disrupt the relay as expected are coming true.
As more than 100 activists supporting Tibet cause, under the leadership of TIBETIAN YOUTH CONGRESS, tried to intrude into the CHINESE embassy in New Delhi today. Shouting and holding banners reading messages like “Free Tibet”, “Stop cultural genocide”, and “No Olympics in China”, the protestors also shouted HU JINTAO MURDABAD ( down with Hu Jintao). A timely action from Delhi police though nipped it in the bud.
Indian government has deployed more than 15000 policemen and personnel from Para Military forces to avoid any incident which disrupted the Olympic relay in London and Paris. The two-kilometer route of the relay has been turned into a highly protected area. In an effort to avoid leaving no stone unturned for the safe completion of the DELHI-LEG of the Olympic torch relay, the government has cancelled the participation of over 2200 school children, for security reason, which was planned otherwise.
Security agencies are on high alert to arrest any attempt to disrupt the relay. In a significant development, THE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU has sent an alert about a few Chinese nationals who are in the capital to pose threat to the torch. More importantly, their names, hideouts, modus operandi and above all photographs have been identified and issued. They are suspected to have entered from Nepal to India. The Chinese government is equally worried about the relay and is in constant touch with its Indian counterpart.
At home, after Bhaichung Bhutia- national football captain, Kiran Bedi- first female IPS offices, M. S. Gill- former election commissioner and sitting Sports Minister, Soha Ali Khan- Bollywood actress, it is Sachin Tendulkar who would be missing from the relay. Though his reason is fitness related, it is suspected that the Indian Olympic Association was not taken into confidence while taking this decision.
Gill also advocated that only the athletes and sportspersons should run in the Olympic relay, giving birth to yet another controversy, though in mild tone. The torch, currently completing its Pakistan-leg would be in Delhi late tonight. Looking at what happened in London and Paris, it would be an acid test for the Indian authorities.
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