Manipur footballer posts ‘derogatory’ remarks against Union HM Shah; apologizes, deletes post
First Published: 14th August, 2023 17:24 IST
Seiminlen Doungel who plays for Jamshedpur FC hails from Saikul in Kangpokpi district
Seiminlen Doungel, a 29-year old football player from Manipur is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
While the Centre is making out all efforts to restore peace in the violence affected state, Doungel took to Instagram and shared a ‘derogatory’ post referring to Union Home Minister Amit Shah after his speech in the Parliament on Manipur.
Doungel, presently representing Jamshedpur FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) shared the post using ‘unparliamentary’ language which was first brought to light by Jamshedpur district BJP president Dinesh Kumar.
The Jamshedpur District BJP President in a Tweet on August 12 has also sought apology from Seiminlen Doungel. Dinesh Kumar and warned that if Doungel did not apologize, his party will not allow Jamshedpur FC to play in Jameshdpur.
“The young man who posted indecent and indecent instagram story for the Honorable Home Minister AmitShah is a football player. Notice that JamshedpurFC has a player. Jsr_police Take immediate cognizance. If an apology is not made within 24 hours, then Jamshedpur FC will not be allowed to play, there will be a protest,” he wrote on Twitter,” Dinesh Kumar posted on Twitter.
Reports stated that Doungel deleted his Instagram story and tendered unconditional apology in another post saying, “As someone from Manipur who has experienced the violence first hand and has been tagged time and again as illegal immigrant – it has been really frustrating and painful and I just want to apologise for my previous story against the home minister of India Shri Amit Shah and anyone who has been hurt.”
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