Sania explains reason for demands made to attend sports event in Madhya Pradesh
TENNIS STAR Sania Mirza has posted an official clarification after media reports suggested that the World No.1 doubles player made certain demands to attend Madhya Pradesh Government's annual sports award event.
Sania was scheduled to attend the awards function on November 28 in Bhopal. But the tennis ace had to fly out to Goa the next morning to attend another event. However, reports of the celebrity asking for a private jet and an expensive make-up kit started doing the rounds in the media.
Responding to media reports, Sania posted a clarification note on her official Twitter account:
Clarification on Madhya Pradesh Government’s Annual Sports Awards Event pic.twitter.com/Y31ThyG5Ns
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) December 3, 2015
Here's the official statement:
"As the official Agency, KWAN, managing Miss Sania Mirza's professional commitments, this is in response to the recent comments made in the media which have been attributed to certain officials from Madhya Pradesh. We wish to clarify our position.
We had been directly dealing with the concerned persons in order to facilitate Miss Mirza's visit for the event in which she was very keen to participate. It was to take place in Bhopal on 28th November 2015 and we are well acquainted with the negotiations that were under way.
There was never any demand for an amount of Rs. 5 lakhs on this occasion made by the Agency, as suggested by the media reports. As Miss Mirza was already committed to participate in an event in Goa on 29th November 2015, and since the commercial flights were taking her 7 hours (including the stop-overs) to fly from Bhopal to Goa, it was practically impossible for her to be physically present for both these events unless she was accorded the facility of a private jet for flying from Bhopal to Goa. Hence, the request for a private jet had to be made for just the outgoing flight from Bhopal to ensure that Miss Mirza could honour her commitment in Goa - a commitment that had been made more than a month ago.
The practical impossibility of getting a popular celebrity to be present in 2 different corners of the country within a short span of time sometimes has to be tackled in this unusual manner and we are disappointed at the distasteful, damaging comments being floated against Ms Mirza by certain sections. It is particularly distressing for the Agency as well as our client since we were given the impression by the negotiating official from Madhya Pradesh that as it was practically impossible for Miss Mirza to attend the event on the 28th, another date would be mutually decided upon for the same event when our client had more time available.” Indranil Blah CAA KWAN"As the official Agency, KWAN, managing Miss Sania Mirza's professional commitments, this is in response to the recent comments made in the media which have been attributed to certain officials from Madhya Pradesh. We wish to clarify our position. We had been directly dealing with the concerned persons in order to facilitate Miss Mirza's visit for the event in which she was very keen to participate. It was to take place in Bhopal on 28th November 2015 and we are well acquainted with the negotiations that were under way. There was never any demand for an amount of Rs. 5 lakhs on this occasion made by the Agency, as suggested by the media reports. As Miss Mirza was already committed to participate in an event in Goa on 29th November 2015, and since the commercial flights were taking her 7 hours (including the stop-overs) to fly from Bhopal to Goa, it was practically impossible for her to be physically present for both these events unless she was accorded the facility of a private jet for flying from Bhopal to Goa. Hence, the request for a private jet had to be made for just the outgoing flight from Bhopal to ensure that Miss Mirza could honour her commitment in Goa - a commitment that had been made more than a month ago. The practical impossibility of getting a popular celebrity to be present in 2 different corners of the country within a short span of time sometimes has to be tackled in this unusual manner and we are disappointed at the distasteful, damaging comments being floated against Ms Mirza by certain sections. It is particularly distressing for the Agency as well as our client since we were given the impression by the negotiating official from Madhya Pradesh that as it was practically impossible for Miss Mirza to attend the event on the 28th, another date would be mutually decided upon for the same event when our client had more time available.” Indranil Blah CAA KWAN
