Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Thursday said he was pained by the controversy surrounding his comments on Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem using his javelin during the Tokyo games and called the entire furore “propaganda aimed at pushing a dirty agenda”.
The 23-year-old, who won India’s maiden Olympic medal in athletics, asked people not to use his name to rake up any controversy or further ‘vested interests and propaganda’.
“I would request everyone to please not use me and my comments as a medium to further your vested interest and propaganda,” Chopra, who became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal, said on his Twitter handle.