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Sportspersons come forward to appeal for
peace, harmony in Maharashtra
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 05:40:58 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
As many as 30 sportspersons Wednesday asked the youth of
Maharashtra to maintain peace and harmony during Ganesh immersion
and on the delivery of the Babri Masjid-Ramjanambhoomi verdict
Friday.
Among the sportspersons were cricketers Ajit Wadekar, Dilip
Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, Chandrakant Pandit, Vinod Kambli, Wasim
Jafar, shooter Anjali Bhagwat, body builders Vikky Goraksha and
Suhas Khamkar, kabaddi players Ashok Shinde and Rana Tiwari, and
hockey players Dhanraj Pillai and Eliza Nelson.
The recent peaceful and simultaneous celebrations of Ganesh
festival and Ramadan Id have symbolised the resolve of Indians to
live in peace and maintain communal harmony, the sportspersons
said in their appeal.
"They (sportspersons) also noted that many sportspersons from
across the world will participate in the Commonwealth Games in New
Delhi and there is a potential security threat by separatist
organisations," a police official said.
"Any incident of terrorist attack will tarnish our country's image
on the international level," the sportspersons said in the appeal.
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