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To the President Rajesh Tomar and the Executive Committee of the Paralympic Committee of India:

We are deeply distressed by the living conditions for our Paralympic sportsmen and women at a recently organised meet in Ghaziabad in UP and demand dignity for our sportspeople. At your upcoming Executive Committee meeting in Bangalore on 4th April 2015, we urge you to announce a time-bound enquiry with a report released publicly explaining how PCI will dramatically improve the quality and logistics of Paralympic sporting events so that this scandal is never repeated again.
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Demand dignity for India's athletes

I’m a blind gold-medallist runner for India. I competed at the recent paralympics meet in Ghaziabad and personally experienced the shocking living conditions -- filthy toilets, unhygienic food and no ramps!! Paralympians like me have fought this for years but the only thing that will ensure change, is if you stand with us to demand dignity.

The media attention has given me a ray of hope and in 24 hours, we can push for action -- because the main organisers, the Paralympics Committee of India are meeting in Bangalore to discuss their recent debacle.

If no one pays attention to their meeting, nothing will happen and we’ll lose another chance to improve our paralympics. So let’s get thousands of us demanding a fair, time-bound probe with a public report right now.

Please help me get over 30,000 signatures by tomorrow and show the Paralympics sports organisers that athletes have the backing of ordinary people. They can’t get away with such shoddy games anymore. Act now.

Saheb Hossain,
Paralympic athlete

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