New Delhi: The visas of six members of the Indian para shooting contingent, including double Paralympic medallist Singharaj Adhana, have been cleared after initial hindrances, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Saturday. The contingent will now be able to travel to Chateauroux, France for the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup. Earlier the six were denied visas, however, the matter was resolved after repeated intervention by the Sports and External Affairs ministries.
"The pending visas of 3 athletes and 4 support staff of the Indian Para Shooters contingent going to France for competition has been cleared by the French embassy after further requests from MYAS and MEA. The team will fly out to France tomorrow," SAI tweeted on Saturday.
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The pending visas of 3 athletes and 4 support staff of the Indian Para Shooters contingent going to France for competition has been cleared by the French embassy after further requests from MYAS and MEA. The team will fly out to France tomorrow.@IndiaSports @MEAIndia https://t.co/0O70TeW2hE
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) June 4, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">The pending visas of 3 athletes and 4 support staff of the Indian Para Shooters contingent going to France for competition has been cleared by the French embassy after further requests from MYAS and MEA. The team will fly out to France tomorrow.@IndiaSports @MEAIndia https://t.co/0O70TeW2hE
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) June 4, 2022The pending visas of 3 athletes and 4 support staff of the Indian Para Shooters contingent going to France for competition has been cleared by the French embassy after further requests from MYAS and MEA. The team will fly out to France tomorrow.@IndiaSports @MEAIndia https://t.co/0O70TeW2hE
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) June 4, 2022
The matter first came to light after Tokyo Paralympic Games gold medallist shooter Avani Lekhara took to twitter, seeking help following denial of visa to her escort and mother Shewata Jewaria and coach Rakesh Manpat. Besides, three para shooters -- Singharaj, Rahul Jhakhar and Deepinder Singh (all para pistol shooters) and two coaches Subhas Rana (national coach) and Vivek Saini (assistant coach) did not get their visas initially.
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I am sad, not able to go to France since the visa of my escort Ms. Shweta Jewaria & my coach Mr.Rakesh Manpat have not been released. It's an important match for me on 7th June.Can anyone help? @DrSJaishankar @ianuragthakur @KirenRijiju @Media_SAI @ParalympicIndia @FranceinIndia https://t.co/bPcz8O5EPC
— Avani Lekhara अवनी लेखरा PLY (@AvaniLekhara) June 4, 2022 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">I am sad, not able to go to France since the visa of my escort Ms. Shweta Jewaria & my coach Mr.Rakesh Manpat have not been released. It's an important match for me on 7th June.Can anyone help? @DrSJaishankar @ianuragthakur @KirenRijiju @Media_SAI @ParalympicIndia @FranceinIndia https://t.co/bPcz8O5EPC
— Avani Lekhara अवनी लेखरा PLY (@AvaniLekhara) June 4, 2022I am sad, not able to go to France since the visa of my escort Ms. Shweta Jewaria & my coach Mr.Rakesh Manpat have not been released. It's an important match for me on 7th June.Can anyone help? @DrSJaishankar @ianuragthakur @KirenRijiju @Media_SAI @ParalympicIndia @FranceinIndia https://t.co/bPcz8O5EPC
— Avani Lekhara अवनी लेखरा PLY (@AvaniLekhara) June 4, 2022
"The French embassy didn't mention any reason, simply said there is a huge surge for visas. We applied for our visas on April 23 and were sure of getting all cleared. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also intervened and were helping us but despite that visas of six members were rejected," he added. However, the MEA as well as Ministry of Youth Affairs Sports (MYAS) again intervened in the matter after which the visas were cleared.
The event to be held from Jun 4 to 13 is of significance for Indian para shooters as Paris Paralympics quota places were on offer there.
Also read: Tokyo Paralympics: Anurag Thakur, Bindra hail Singhraj Adhana on his debut bronze
