New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday lodged a formal complaint against Dow’s sponsorship of London 2012 Olympics with the Union Sports Ministry writing to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The Union Sports Ministry has strongly protested over the sponsorship.
This comes months after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had written to the 2012 London games organisers and the IOC, complaining against Dow Chemicals and urging them to drop it as a sponsor.
"A false campaign has been launched by the Dow Chemical's saying that matter has been settled. It is not correct. The case is still pending in the court and no final compensation has been made. It is IOA's considered opinion that Dow Chemical's should be removed as the sponsors of the Games," the letter, written by IOA Acting President Vijay Kumar Malhotra to IOC President Jacques Rogge, had said.
The IOC had, however, maintained that Dow Chemicals was not responsible for the Bhopal gas tragedy as it had no ownership stakes in Union Carbide till 2000, adding that they appreciated the concern of the IOA for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.
In a letter to IOA acting President Vijay Kumar Malhotra, IOC chief Jacques Rogge had said that "IOC recognises that the Bhopal tragedy in 1984 was horrific event for India and the world. The Olympic Movement sympathises with the grief of the victims' families and regrets the ongoing suffering people face in the region."
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