The Election Commission Thursday wrote to the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), asking why the government did not seek the poll panel’s permission before felicitating nine sportspersons. 

DONER secretary Naveen Verma has been asked to provide an explanation on behalf of the government by 3 pm on Saturday.

The Election commission said in letters written to the secretaries of the two ministries that "It has come to our notice through media reports that the Doner and Home Affairs ministries felicitated nine sports person who had participated in Rio Olympics from north-eastern states. Out of them, five hail from Manipur, which is going through the polling process."

The sports person, honored at an event at the North Block, were presented with mementos and a cash award of Rs 2 Lakh each. 

Sportspersons from Manipur included women’s hockey team captain P Sushila Chamu, archer L Bombayla Devi, men’s hockey player K Chinlensan Singh, women’s hockey player T Anuradha Devi and men’s hockey player K Kothajit Singh.

During the ceremony, MoS Jitendra Singh is learned to have mentioned the PM’s announcement of setting up a sports university in Manipur and that the Centre is working to complete the project quickly.

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