Veteran boxer Mary Kom’s husband Onler Karong has courted controversy after he expressed dissatisfaction with the look of his spouse’s statue that was put in at a park just lately.
Nineteen statues of Olympians from the state, together with Mary Kom, have been just lately put in on the Manipur Olympic Park. Onler Karong claimed in an interview with an area newspaper that the statue that was put in there doesn’t seem like his spouse, a six-time world ladies’s boxing champion and 2012 London Olympics bronze medalist. Onler Karong or Mary Kom couldn’t be contacted regardless of repeated makes an attempt.
However, chatting with PTI, his brother Jimmy Kom claimed that the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) had assured him that the statue would get replaced earlier than the inauguration of the park, the date of which is but to be determined.
When contacted, CMO officers instructed PTI that they might not speak on the problem.
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premium“It’s his (Onler’s) personal opinion,” Jimmy mentioned.
Jimmy mentioned his sister returned dwelling from the tour and solely discovered about it on Wednesday.
Jimmy mentioned, “There is concern that Onler’s statement could be misinterpreted because the statues were installed to honor our state’s athletes.”
Two days in the past, earlier than the matter got here to mild, Chief Minister N Biren Singh had mentioned on his official Facebook web page that the park was “all set to be inaugurated. Everyone can now see the statues of our legendary Olympians, the pride of our nation”. .
“Manipur Olympian Park was inbuilt honor of our Olympians from Manipur who’ve introduced glory to the nation. This place won’t solely turn out to be a significant vacationer attraction however will even encourage the youth to realize larger heights in life.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
