{"id":4810,"date":"2008-05-04T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T10:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2008-05-04T15:50:01","modified_gmt":"2008-05-04T10:20:01","slug":"too-much-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/too-much-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cToo Much Politics\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following exchange, from an Indian Express<\/i> Q&A session<\/a> with Aslam Sher Khan and MK Kaushik, explains what is wrong with Indian hockey:<\/p>\n

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Deepak Narayanan<\/b>: If there is a unanimous view that Mr Gill must go, why is it not possible for everyone to come together and fight an election and take control of the IHF?<\/p>\n

Aslam Sher Khan<\/b>: When Sanjay Gandhi was in politics, someone asked him why he didn’t go into sports. He replied, ‘too much politics’. That says everything. To win the IHF elections cost around Rs 1 crore. We can come together but we cannot afford to buy votes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With that kind of money required to get to power, is it not natural that the winners then look for ways<\/a> to recoup their investment? Indeed, would it not be surprising if that was not<\/i> the case?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following exchange, from an Indian Express<\/i> Q&A session<\/a> with Aslam Sher Khan and MK Kaushik, explains what is wrong with Indian hockey:<\/p>\n

\n

Deepak Narayanan<\/b>: If there is a unanimous view that Mr Gill must go, why is it not possible for everyone to come together and fight an election and take control of the IHF?<\/p>\n

Aslam Sher Khan<\/b>: When Sanjay Gandhi was in politics, someone asked him why he didn’t go into sports. He replied, ‘too much politics’. That says everything. To win the IHF elections cost around Rs 1 crore. We can come together but we cannot afford to buy votes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With that kind of money required to get to power, is it not natural that the winners then look for ways<\/a> to recoup their investment? Indeed, would it not be surprising if that was not<\/i> the case?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cToo Much Politics\u201d - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/too-much-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cToo Much Politics\u201d - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following exchange, from an Indian Express Q&A session with Aslam Sher Khan and MK Kaushik, explains what is wrong with Indian hockey: Deepak Narayanan: If there is a unanimous view that Mr Gill must go, why is it not possible for everyone to come together and fight an election and take control of the IHF? 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